🪲Hercules beetle
De Herculeskever (Dynastes hercules) is een keversoort uit de familie van de bladsprietkevers (Scarabaeidae), en een van de grootste keversoorten. Hij wordt soms wel 20 centimeter groot. Twee kevers uit de familie van de boktorren (Cerambycidae) zijn groter: Macrodontia cervicornis en Titanus giganteus. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort werd in 1758 als Scarabaeus hercules gepubliceerd door Carl Linnaeus.
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The IUCN Red List has not assessed Dynastes hercules yet.
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Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumArthropoda
- ›classInsecta
- ›orderColeoptera
- ›familyScarabaeidae
- ›genusDynastes
- ›speciesDynastes hercules
- classInsects · Insecta
- orderBeetles · Coleoptera
- subfamilyDynastinae
- genusDynastes
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsects · Insecta
- subclassPterygota
- orderBeetles · Coleoptera
- suborderPolyphaga
- infraorderScarabaeiformia
- superfamilyScarabaeoidea
- subfamilyDynastinae
- genusDynastes
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