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 edit
D. maya is part of the genus Dynastes, whose species include the Hercules beetle. D. maya is sister species to Dynastes moroni.[3]
Description edit
The horns on males of this species are thick and stout pronotal. This species elytra has a 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.