Megasoma mars
Species of beetle / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Megasoma mars, also known as the mars beetle or mars rhino beetle, is the largest species in the Megasoma genus.[1] It is distributed primarily in the west-central Amazon basin of Brazil, ranging down into Colombia, Paraguay, and Uraguay. [2]
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Megasoma mars | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Scarabaeidae |
Genus: | Megasoma |
Species: | M. mars |
Binomial name | |
Megasoma mars Reiche, 1852 | |
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