Megasoma gyas prandii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Dynastinae
Tribus: Dynastini
Genus: Megasoma
Species: Megasoma gyas
Subspecies: Megasoma gyas prandii

Name

Megasoma gyas prandii Milani, 2008

• • Authority for placement: original
  • Gender: unchangeable (patronym for Massimo Prandi)
  • Original genus: Megasoma Kirby, 1825
  • Original status: valid subspecies
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: [adult] male
    • Repository: 'coll. Prandi'
  • Type locality: 'Brasile, Santa Catarina, Vale do Rio Itajaf, Timbó'
  • ZooBank: 6C02E371-024E-41EB-96CB-9F57149D6E1F

Primary references

• Milani, L. 2008: A new subspecies of Megasoma gyas Jablonsky in Herbst (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) from Santa Catarina, Brazil. Giornale italiano di entomologia 12(54A)(Supplemento): 119–133. [in Italian, with English abstract] Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 121, and figs. 2-6]