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Dynastes hercules🪲

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SpeciesColeopteraScarabaeidae
Arthropods

🪲Hercules beetle

Dynastes hercules (Linnaeus, 1758)

Herkulesbaggen (Dynastes hercules) är en av världens största skalbaggar. De lever i regnskogen i Central- och Sydamerika och dess skal skiftar i färg mellan grönt och svart beroende på luftfuktigheten. Baggen kan bära upp till 100 gånger sin egen vikt under mycket korta stunder. Hanen blir mellan 90 och 170 och honan cirka 60 till 90 millimeter lång. De enda kända skalbaggar som är större är två arter i familjen långhorningar (Cerambycidae), Macrodontia cervicornis (där individer på 170 till 175 millimeter är kända) och titanbock (Titanus giganteus) (där man funnit flera individer som är mer än 180 millimeter långa)

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumArthropoda
  3. ›classInsecta
  4. ›orderColeoptera
  5. ›familyScarabaeidae
  6. ›genusDynastes
  7. ›speciesDynastes hercules
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  1. classInsects · Insecta
  2. orderBeetles · Coleoptera
  3. subfamilyDynastinae
  4. genusDynastes
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. subphylumHexapoda
  4. classInsects · Insecta
  5. subclassPterygota
  6. orderBeetles · Coleoptera
  7. suborderPolyphaga
  8. infraorderScarabaeiformia
  9. superfamilyScarabaeoidea
  10. subfamilyDynastinae
  11. genusDynastes
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헤라클레스장수풍뎅이 (ko), Dynaste Hercule (fr), Dynastes hercules (es), herkulesbogár (hu), Dynastes hercules (it), Herkuleskäfer (de) … and 23 more languages
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