Xylotrupes ulysses

Xylotrupes ulysses, common names "Elephant beetle", "Coconut palm beetle",^[2] "common rhinoceros beetle" or simply "rhinoceros beetle"^[3][4] is a species of rhinoceros beetle native to New Guinea. Male horns in several groups of this genus represent a special secondary sex characteristic. There is a bimodal horn-size distribution and there is a discrete male mating behavior correlated with each phenotype.^[5]

Xylotrupes ulysses
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Xylotrupes
Species:	X. ulysses
Binomial name
Xylotrupes ulysses Guérin-Méneville, 1830[1]

Gallery

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  lateral view
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  cranial view

See also

• Xylotrupes gideon
• Elephant beetle
• Rhinoceros beetle