Dynastes tityus, the eastern Hercules beetle, is a species of rhinoceros beetle native to the Eastern United States. The adult's elytra are green, gray or tan, with black markings, and the whole animal, including the male's horns, may reach 60 mm (2.4 in) in length. The larvae feed on decaying wood from various trees.
was called Scarabaeus tityus; when Linnaeus' genus Scarabaeus was divided into smaller genera, S. tityus was renamed Dynastestityus. Adults of both sexes...
American and Central American taxa, including Dynastes hyllus, Dynastes maya, Dynastes moroni, and Dynastestityus. Despite differences in geographic origin...
dichotoma), ox beetle (Strategus aloeus) and the Eastern Hercules beetle (Dynastestityus). The Dynastinae are among the largest of beetles, reaching more than...
No. Name in Centuria... Status Current name 1 SCARABÆUS Tityus valid Dynastestityus 2 SCARABÆUS Molosſus valid Catharsius molossus 3 SCARABÆUS ſurinamus...
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