Phileurus truncatus
Adult female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Scarabaeidae[1]
Subfamily:
Dynastinae
Genus:
Phileurus
Species:
P. truncatus
Binomial name
Phileurus truncatus
(Palisot de Beauvois, 1806)
Synonyms
  • Phileurus recurvatas (Casey, 1915)

Phileurus truncatus, Triceratops Beetle,[2] is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.

Description

Body length, 32-38 millimeters. Both adult males and females have large and distinct horns on the head.[2]

Distribution

Virginia, south to Florida, west to Tennessee and southeastern Arizona.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "ITIS Standard Report Page: Phileurus truncatus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2015-09-12.
  2. 1 2 3 Evans, Arthur V. (2014). Beetles of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press; in the United Kingdom: Princeton University Press. p. 172. ISBN 9781400851829.


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