Xylotrupes ulysses, common names "Elephant beetle", "Coconut palm beetle",[2] "common rhinoceros beetle" or simply "rhinoceros beetle"[3][4] is a species of rhinoceros beetle native to New Guinea. Male horns in several groups of this genus represent a special secondary sex characteristic. There is a bimodal horn-size distribution and there is a discrete male mating behavior correlated with each phenotype.[5]

Xylotrupes ulysses
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Xylotrupes
Species:
X. ulysses
Binomial name
Xylotrupes ulysses

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  1. ^ "Xylotrupes ulysses". 2008-08-24. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
  2. ^ "Elephant beetle". Pest and Disease Image Library. Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
  3. ^ "Xylotrupes ulysses ssp. australicus Thomson". www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/system/c_1040.htm CSIRO. 2004-11-11. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
  4. ^ "Queensland Museum Learning" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-02-15.
  5. ^ Rowland, JW (2003). "Male horn dimorphism, phylogeny and systematics of rhinoceros beetles of the genus Xylotrupes (Scarabaeidae : Coleoptera)". Australian Journal of Zoology. 51: 213–258. doi:10.1071/zo02013 – via Science Citation Index.

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