Megasoma elephas (Fabricius)

Gasca-Álvarez, Héctor Jaime, Deloya, Cuauhtémoc & Reyes-Castillo, Pedro, 2017, Teratological Cases in Five Species of Cotinis Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini), with a Compilation of Teratologies in Scarabaeoidea, The Coleopterists Bulletin 71 (2), pp. 329-338 : 335

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1649/0010-065X-71.2.329
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5458189
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/DF6887A3-FFA3-FFF0-FCF6-C320A728FDB9
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scientific name	Megasoma elephas (Fabricius)
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Megasoma elephas (Fabricius)

Teratology. Bipartisan gynandromorphy; body with right half female and left half with a strong male dominance in secondary sexual characteristics.

Reference. Dechambre (1987).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Dynastidae
Genus	Megasoma

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