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Dynastes hercules🪲

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SpeciesColeopteraScarabaeidae
Arthropods

🪲Hercules beetle

Dynastes hercules (Linnaeus, 1758)

Жу́к-Геркуле́с (лат. Dynastes hercules (Linnaeus, 1758) — жук з родини Пластинчастовусих, підродини Dynastinae. Належить до найбільших жуків на Землі. Існують анекдотичні звіти про жука-геркулеса, які стверджують що він може переносити об'єкти в 850 разів важчі за нього, але експеримент над набагато меншим (і відносно сильнішим: див. закон квадрата-куба) видом показав здатність переносити об'єкти в 100 раз тяжчі за власну масу, і жук при цьому ледве рухався.

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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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