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Megasoma elephas

Description

Megasoma elephas (Fabricius)

Teratology. Bipartisan gynandromorphy; body with right half female and left half with a strong male dominance in secondary sexual characteristics.

Reference. Dechambre (1987).

Notes

Published as part of Gasca-Álvarez, Héctor Jaime, Deloya, Cuauhtémoc & Reyes-Castillo, Pedro, 2017, Teratological Cases in Five Species of Cotinis Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini), with a Compilation of Teratologies in Scarabaeoidea, pp. 329-338 in The Coleopterists Bulletin 71 (2) on page 335, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-71.2.329, http://zenodo.org/record/5363929

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References

  • Dechambre, R. P. 1987. Un cas de gynandromorphisme biparti chez Megasoma elephas (F.) (Coleoptera, Dynastidae). Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France 23: 209 - 211.