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Dynastes satanas, the Satanas beetle, is a species of beetle belonging to the family Scarabaeidae.The name is sometimes misspelled as "satanus". [2]Because of collecting and habitat loss this rare species is protected and included in the list of insects regulated by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora ().
Dynastes is a genus of large beetles belonging to the family Scarabaeidae.They occur in the Nearctic realm and in the Neotropical realm, from the United States to Brazil; [1] [2] four North American species (including Mexico), three with distributions extending from Central America either north or south, and two species endemic to South America.
The Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules) is a species of rhinoceros beetle native to the rainforests of southern Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Lesser Antilles. It is the longest extant species of beetle in the world, and is also one of the largest flying insects in the world.
The Goliath beetles (named after the biblical giant Goliath) are any of the six species in the genus Goliathus.Goliath beetles are among the largest insects on Earth, if measured in terms of size, bulk and weight.
Dynastes satanas; Dypsis decaryi; Dyscophus antongilii; Dyscophus guineti; Dyscophus insularis; Elachistodon westermanni; Emydoidea blandingii; Epioblasma torulosa rangiana; Epipedobates spp. Equus hemionus (Except the subspecies included in Appendix I) Equus kiang; Equus zebra hartmannae; Equus zebra zebra; Erymnochelys madagascariensis ...
Xylotrupes gideon, male and females.Museum specimen. Xylotrupes gideon can reach a length of 3.5–7 centimetres (1.4–2.8 in). [7] As usual with rhinoceros beetles there is a great difference between the genders.
The longest beetle is the Hercules beetle Dynastes hercules, with a maximum overall length of at least 16.7 cm (6.6 in) including the very long pronotal horn. The smallest recorded beetle and the smallest free-living insect (as of 2015), is the featherwing beetle Scydosella musawasensis which may measure as little as 325 μm in length.
Chalcosoma chiron (often called the Caucasus beetle) is a species of beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.This species can be found from Malaysia south into Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Malay Peninsula, Indochina) and Thailand in East region (Chanthaburi province, Sa Kaeo province). [2]