Dynastes moroni | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Scarabaeidae |
Genus: | Dynastes |
Species: | D. moroni
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Binomial name | |
Dynastes moroni Nagai, 2005
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Dynastes moroni is a large scarab beetle endemic to the Sierra de los Tuxtlas region in Mexico.[1]
This beetle species was originally described as a subspecies, Dynastes hyllus moroni,[1] but subsequent genetic analyses clearly indicate that it is unrelated to Dynastes hyllus; D. hyllus is sister to Dynastes grantii, while D. moroni is sister to Dynastes maya.[2]