Dynastes maya, the Maya white beetle,[1] is a species of New World scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae). It has a distribution range in the Central American region, specifically in southern Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala.[1][2]
| Dynastes maya | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Dynastes |
| Species: | D. maya
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| Binomial name | |
| Dynastes maya Hardy, M. 2003
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Taxonomy
editD. maya is part of the genus Dynastes, whose species include the Hercules beetle. D. maya is sister species to Dynastes moroni.[3]
Description
editThe horns on males of this species are thick and stout pronotal. This species elytra has an olive coloured green coloration to it. The species is morphologically similar to the species Dynastes hyllus and Dynastes hercules.[4] The coloration of its body might be because of introgression from Dynastes septentrionalis, a sympatric species of Hercules beetle.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b "Maya White Beetle (Dynastes maya)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
- ^ "Dynastes maya Hardy, 2003". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
- ^ 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
- ^ "Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles-Scarabaeidae-Dynastinae-Dynastini-Dynastes". unsm-ento.unl.edu. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
- ^ Huang, Jen‐Pan (November 2016). "Parapatric genetic introgression and phenotypic assimilation: testing conditions for introgression between Hercules beetles (Dynastes, Dynastinae)". Molecular Ecology. 25 (21): 5513–5526. doi:10.1111/mec.13849. hdl:2027.42/134423. ISSN 0962-1083.