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Xylotrupes meridionalis

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Species of beetle

Xylotrupes meridionalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Xylotrupes
Species: X. meridionalis
Binomial name
Xylotrupes meridionalis
Prell, 1914
Synonyms
  • Xylotrupes gideon meridionalis Endrödi, 1957
  • Xylotrupes gideon socrates Endrödi, 1985
  • Xylotrupes meridionalis meridionalis Rowland, 2003

Xylotrupes meridionalis, commonly known as forked horns rhinoceros beetle, is a species of rhinoceros beetle found in India and Sri Lanka.

Description

Male has prolonged anterior legs whereas female has normal anterior legs. Basal joints of posterior tarsi are cylindrical in shape. Propygidium lack a stridulatory area. Male has a single thoracic horn. Elytra coriaceous. Male has large tambour shaped phallobase. Adult beetles feed on young bark, seedlings, shoots, and twigs. Host plants included: Acacia mearnsii, Hevea brasiliensis and Toona australis.

Subspecies

Two subspecies recognized.

  • Xylotrupes meridionalis meridionalis Prell, 1914 – India
  • Xylotrupes meridionalis taprobanes Prell, 1914 – Sri Lanka

References

  1. "The National Red List 2012 of Sri Lanka; Conservation Status of the Fauna and Flora". Ministry of Environment in Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  2. Rowland, J. Mark (2003). "Male horn dimorphism, phylogeny and systematics of rhinoceros beetles of the genus Xylotrupes (Scarabaeidae : Coleoptera)". Australian Journal of Zoology. pp. 213–258. doi:10.1071/zo02013. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  3. "Xylotrupes meridionalis Prell, 1914". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  4. "New Distribution of Rhinoceros Beetle Xylotrupes Taprobanes Ganesha(Silvestre, 2003) in Tamilnadu, India". International Journal of Scientific Research 2(1):157-159. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  5. Rowland, J. Mark (2011-05-06). "0176. Notes on nomenclature in Xylotrupes Hope (Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Dynastini)". Insecta Mundi. pp. 1–10. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  6. "Studies on Rhinoceros Beetles (Coleoptera— Scarabaeidae—Dynastinae) from Madhya Pradesh, central India" (PDF). Colemania, Number 34, pp. 1-9. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  7. "RARE OCCURRENCE OF RHINOCEROS BEETLE (XYLOTRUPES TAPROBANES GANESHA SILVESTRE, 2003) IN TAMILNADU, INDIA". Mun. Ent. Zool. Vol. 14, No. 2, June 2019. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
Taxon identifiers
Xylotrupes meridionalis


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