...A beetle of the family Scarabaeidae in the order Coleoptera, known as the world's largest rhinoceros beetle (illustration). Also known as the Hercules beetle. Its scientific name is derived from the Greek hero Hercules. Large males can reach 180 mm in length, including the long horns on their thorax. Males have a black cephalothorax and yellowish brown elytra with scattered brown spots. Females lack horns, have dense brown hairs on their thorax, and wrinkled elytra with punctuated spots. Body length is around 60 mm. It is found on continents from southern North America to northern South America, and in the West Indies. ... *Some of the terminology that mentions "Dynastes" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…甲虫目コガネムシ科の昆虫で,世界最大のカブトムシとして知られる(イラスト)。ヘルクレスオオカブトムシともいう。学名はギリシア伝説の英雄ヘラクレスからつけられた。雄の大型個体には胸部の長い角を含めると180mmに達するものがある。雄は頭胸部が黒色,上翅が黄褐色で茶褐色の斑点を散在する。雌は角を欠き,胸部に褐色の短毛を密生し,上翅は点刻でしわ状となる。体長60mm内外。北アメリカ南部から南アメリカ北部までの大陸と西インド諸島に分布する。… ※「Dynastes」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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