🪲Hercules beetle
The Hercules beetle is a species of rhinoceros beetle native to the tropical forests of southern Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Lesser Antilles. It is the longest extant species of beetle in the world, and is also one of the largest flying insects in the world.
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The IUCN Red List has not assessed Dynastes hercules yet.
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Everything we know about the Hercules beetle
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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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