Dynastes hyllus is a large scarab beetle species that ranges from Mexico to Guatemala. Its larvae have been found to associate with the logs of Persea americana.[1]
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| Specimen from Mexico | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Dynastes |
| Species: | D. hyllus
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| Binomial name | |
| Dynastes hyllus Chevrolat, 1843
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Taxonomy edit
There were two subspecies recognized, D. hyllus hyllus and D. hyllus moroni,[2] but subsequent genetic analyses clearly indicate that they are unrelated to one another; D. hyllus hyllus is sister to Dynastes grantii, while D. hyllus moroni is sister to Dynastes maya, so moroni is presently considered a separate species.[3]
References edit
Wikispecies has information related to Dynastes hyllus.
- ^ "Dynastes hyllus Chevrolat, 1843". Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles. 2006. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
- ^ Ratcliffe, B. C., R. D. Cave, and E. Cano. 2013. The dynastine scarab beetles of Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum 27: 1-666.
- ^ Huang JP, Knowles LL (2015) The species versus subspecies conundrum: Quantitative delimitation from integrating multiple data types within a single Bayesian approach in Hercules beetles. Syst Biol 65(4):685–99