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Elephant Beetle

Megasoma elephas (Fabricius 1775)

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Megasoma elephas (Fabricius 1775)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Scarabaeidae Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Megasoma elephas
Species recognized by wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia NL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia NO, Costa Rica Species List, Nicaragua Species List, Panama Species List, Venezuela Species List, Mexico Species List, North Pacific Species List, and wikipedia emerging languages
Megasoma elephas
Recognized by Furui 2020
Megasoma elephas (Fabricius 1775)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, and GBIF classification
Megasoma elephas
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, wikipedia DE, wikipedia ES, wikipedia IT, wikipedia PT, wikipedia FR, wikipedia 한국어 위키백과, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikimedia Commons, and Global Biotic Interactions
Megasoma elephas
Recognized by Flickr Group
Megasoma elephas (Fabricius 1775)
Species recognized by Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023, Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test, and TreatmentBank
Megasoma elephas iijimai
Subspecies recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Megasoma elephas iijimai Nagai 2003
Subspecies recognized by iNaturalist

Alternative Names

Megasoma elephas iijimai Nagai 2003
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Scarabaeidae Database in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Megasoma elephas iijimai Nagai 2003
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Megasoma elephas iijimai Nagai 2003
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Megasoma elephas iijimai Nagai 2003
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Scarabaeus elephas Fabricius 1775
Ambiguous synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Common Names

English

Elephant beetle preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

大象象兜蟲 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

German

Elefantenkäfer preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hungarian

elefántbogár preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

エレファスゾウカブト preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020 and Wikidata Common Names

Kirghiz; Kyrgyz

Пилкоңуз preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Korean

코끼리장수풍뎅이 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Persian

سوسک فیلی preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Polish

Rohatyniec słoniowy preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Portuguese

Besouro elefante preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Russian

Жук-слон preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Tamil

யானை வண்டு preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

خنفساء الفيل preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Mrj

Слон капшангы preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Megasoma elephas (Fabricius 1775)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Arthropoda
Pancrustacea
Hexapoda
Insecta
Pterygota
Neoptera
Endopterygota
Coleoptera
Polyphaga
Scarabaeiformia
Scarabaeoidea
Dynastidae
Megasoma
Megasoma elephas (Fabricius 1775) (this page)
Megasoma actaeon (Linnaeus 1758)
Megasoma anubis (Chevrolat 1836)
Megasoma cedrosa Hardy 1972
Megasoma gyas (Herbst 1785)
Megasoma hermes Prandi 2016
Megasoma janus (Felsche 1906)
Megasoma joergenseni (Bruch 1910)
Megasoma lecontei Hardy 1972
Megasoma mars (Reiche 1852)
Megasoma nogueirai Morón 2005
Megasoma occidentalis Bolivar, Pieltain, Jimenez-Asua & Martinez 1963
Megasoma pachecoi Cartwright 1963
Megasoma punctulatum Cartwright 1952
Megasoma ramirezorum Silvestre & Arnaud 2002
Megasoma rex Prandi 2018
Megasoma sleeperi Hardy 1972
Megasoma svobodaorum Krajcik 2009
Megasoma thersites Le Conte 1861
Megasoma vogti Cartwright 1963

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeoidea
Scarabaeidae Latreille 1802
Dynastinae MacLeay 1819
Dynastini Macleay 1819
Dynastina Macleay 1819
Megasoma Kirby 1825
Megasoma elephas (Fabricius 1775) (this page)
Megasoma actaeon (Linnaeus 1758)
Megasoma anubis (Chevrolat 1836)
Megasoma bollei (Dechambre 2006)
Megasoma cedrosum Hardy 1972
Megasoma gyas (Herbst 1785)
Megasoma hermes Prandi 2016
Megasoma hyperion
Megasoma janus (Felsche 1906)
Megasoma joergenseni (Bruch 1910)
Megasoma lecontei Hardy 1972
Megasoma mars (Reiche 1852)
Megasoma nogueirai Morón 2005
Megasoma occidentale Bolivar, Pieltain, Jiménez-Asúa & Martinez 1963
Megasoma pachecoi Cartwright 1963
Megasoma punctulatum Cartwright 1952
Megasoma sleeperi Hardy 1972
Megasoma svobodaorum Krajčik 2009
Megasoma thersites Le Conte 1861
Megasoma typhon (Olivier 1789)
Megasoma vogti Cartwright 1963

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Arthropoda
Pancrustacea
Hexapoda
Insecta
Pterygota
Neoptera
Endopterygota
Coleoptera
Polyphaga
Scarabaeiformia
Scarabaeoidea
Dynastidae
Megasoma
Megasoma elephas (Fabricius 1775) (this page)
Megasoma actaeon (Linnaeus 1758)
Megasoma anubis (Chevrolat 1836)
Megasoma cedrosa Hardy 1972
Megasoma gyas (Herbst 1785)
Megasoma hermes Prandi 2016
Megasoma janus (Felsche 1906)
Megasoma joergenseni (Bruch 1910)
Megasoma lecontei Hardy 1972
Megasoma mars (Reiche 1852)
Megasoma nogueirai Morón 2005
Megasoma occidentalis Bolivar, Pieltain, Jimenez-Asua & Martinez 1963
Megasoma pachecoi Cartwright 1963
Megasoma punctulatum Cartwright 1952
Megasoma ramirezorum Silvestre & Arnaud 2002
Megasoma sleeperi Hardy 1972
Megasoma svobodaorum Krajcik 2009
Megasoma thersites Le Conte 1861
Megasoma vogti Cartwright 1963

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
Arthropoda
Pancrustacea
Hexapoda
Insecta
Pterygota
Neoptera
Endopterygota
Coleoptera
Polyphaga
Scarabaeiformia
Scarabaeoidea
Dynastidae
Megasoma
Megasoma elephas (Fabricius 1775) (this page)
Megasoma actaeon (Linnaeus 1758)
Megasoma anubis (Chevrolat 1836)
Megasoma cedrosa Hardy 1972
Megasoma gyas (Herbst 1785)
Megasoma hermes Prandi 2016
Megasoma janus Felsche 1906
Megasoma joergenseni (Bruch 1910)
Megasoma lecontei Hardy 1972
Megasoma mars (Reiche 1852)
Megasoma nogueirai Morón 2005
Megasoma occidentalis Bolivar, Pieltain, Jimenez-Asua & Martinez 1963
Megasoma pachecoi Cartwright 1963
Megasoma punctulatum Cartwright 1952
Megasoma ramirezorum Silvestre & Arnaud 2002
Megasoma rex Prandi 2018
Megasoma sleeperi Hardy 1972
Megasoma svobodaorum Krajcik 2009
Megasoma thersites Le Conte 1861
Megasoma vogti Cartwright 1963

GBIF classification

Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Dynastidae
Megasoma Kirby 1825
Megasoma elephas (Fabricius 1775) (this page)
Megasoma actaeon (Linnaeus 1758)
Megasoma anubis (Chevrolat 1836)
Megasoma cedrosa Hardy 1972
Megasoma gyas (Herbst 1785)
Megasoma hermes Prandi 2016
Megasoma janus (Felsche 1906)
Megasoma joergenseni (Bruch 1910)
Megasoma lecontei Hardy 1972
Megasoma mars (Reiche 1852)
Megasoma nogueirai Morón 2005
Megasoma occidentalis Bolivar, Pieltain, Jimenez-Asua & Martinez 1963
Megasoma pachecoi Cartwright 1963
Megasoma punctulatum Cartwright 1952
Megasoma ramirezorum Silvestre & Arnaud 2002
Megasoma rex Prandi 2018
Megasoma sleeperi Hardy 1972
Megasoma svobodaorum Krajcik 2009
Megasoma thersites Le Conte 1861
Megasoma vogti Cartwright 1963

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Arthropoda
Hexapoda
Insecta
Dicondylia
Pterygota
Metapterygota
Neoptera
Eumetabola
Endopterygota
Coleoptera
Polyphaga
Scarabaeiformia
Scarabaeoidea
Scarabaeidae
Dynastinae
Dynastini
Megasoma
Megasoma elephas (this page)
Megasoma elephas elephas
Megasoma elephas iijimai
Megasoma elephas occidentalis
Megasoma actaeon
Megasoma anubis
Megasoma cedrosa
Megasoma cedrosum
Megasoma dorsalis
Megasoma gyas
Megasoma hermes
Megasoma joergenseni
Megasoma lecontei
Megasoma lenczyi
Megasoma mars
Megasoma nogueirai
Megasoma occidentalis
Megasoma pachecoi
Megasoma punctulatum
Megasoma punctulatus
Megasoma ramirezorum
Megasoma rex
Megasoma sleeperi
Megasoma svobodaorum
Megasoma thersites
Megasoma vogti

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Arthropoda
Hexapoda
Insecta
Dicondylia
Pterygota
Metapterygota
Neoptera
Eumetabola
Endopterygota
Coleoptera
Polyphaga
Scarabaeiformia
Scarabaeoidea
Scarabaeidae
Dynastinae
Dynastini
Megasoma
Megasoma elephas
Megasoma elephas iijimai (this page)
Megasoma elephas elephas
Megasoma elephas occidentalis
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