scarab beetle
The family Scarabaeidae, as currently defined, consists of over 30,000 species of beetles worldwide; they are often called scarabs or scarab beetles. The classification of this family has undergone significant change in recent years. Several sub ...
species that ranges from
Mexico
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to
Guatemala
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. Its larvae have been found to associate with the logs of ''
Persea americana
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''.
Taxonomy
There were two subspecies recognized, ''D. hyllus hyllus'' and ''D. hyllus moroni'', but subsequent genetic analyses clearly indicate that they are unrelated to one another; ''D. hyllus hyllus'' is sister to ''
Dynastes grantii
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