Revision of the Megasoma (Megasoma) gyas (Jablonsky in Herbst, 1785) species group (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Dynastinae)
Author
Prandi, Massimo
Via Del Seminario 16, I- 25087, Salo, BS, Italy
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4671-3589
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Author
Grossi, Paschoal C.
Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Departamento de Agronomia / Fitossanidade, Laboratorio de Taxonomia de Insetos, Programa de Pos-graduacao em Entomologia Agricola-PPGEA, 52171 - 900, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Author
Vaz-De-Mello, Fernando Z.
Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Instituto de Biociencias, Departamento de Biologia e Zoologia, Colecao Entomologica, 78060 - 900, Cuiaba, Mato Grosso, Brazil
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ZooKeys
2020
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109
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.999.53130
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.999.53130
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Megasoma (Lycophontes) joergenseni penyai Nagai, 2003
Figure 27
Megasoma joergenseni ssp. penyai
Nagai, 2003: 38-39.
Remarks.
The
subspecies penyai
is restricted to an area in central-western Paraguay (holotype from Loma Plata, Chaco). The main characters differentiating it from the
subspecies joergenseni
are found in the smaller median thoracic horn and in the denser pubescence, giving a more brownish color. It is also usually smaller than
ssp. joergenseni
. (Fig.
27
, courtesy of Mushi-sha).
Figure 27.
A
M. joergenseni peynai
♂
B
M. joergenseni peynai
♀.