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Megasoma cedrosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Megasoma
Species:
M. cedrosa
Binomial name
Megasoma cedrosa
Hardy, 1972
Synonyms
  • Megasoma lenczyi Cartwright, 1976
  • Megasoma cedrosum
  • Megasoma cedros

Megasoma cedrosa is a species of rhinoceros beetle. It is endemic to Mexico and described originally from Cedros Island.[1] The name is often misspelled as "cedrosum"[2] or "cedros"[3] but the original spelling (as cedrosa) is retained under ICZN Article 31.2.3, as the name is neither Latin nor Greek.[4]

References

  1. ^ Hardy, A.R. (1972) A brief revision of the North and Central American species of Megasoma (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Canadian Entomologist 104: 765-777.
  2. ^ Nomina Insect Nearctica
  3. ^ http://unsm-ento.unl.edu/Guide/Scarabaeoidea/Scarabaeidae/Dynastinae/Dynastinae-Tribes/Dynastini/Megasoma/Megasoma%20cedros/Mcedros.html
  4. ^ ICZN Code online