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Chalcosoma
Sign in to saveChalcosoma is a genus of Southeast Asian rhinoceros beetles. They are known as three horned rhinoceros beetles for their trident like horn. They are endemic to Southeast Asia.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderColeoptera
- FamilyScarabaeidae
Chalcosoma (Hope, 1837) è il nome di un genere di coleotteri appartenenti alla famiglia degli Scarabeidi (sottofamiglia Dynastinae).
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 15
- Family
- Scarabaeidae
- Collections
- DMNS, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, USNM, FMNH
- Recorded in
- West Malaysia, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia
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Chalcosoma is a genus of Southeast Asian rhinoceros beetles. They are known as three horned rhinoceros beetles for their trident like horn. They are endemic to Southeast Asia.
==Etymology== The name Chalcosoma can be translated as being formed from the Ancient Greek χαλκός (khalkós), meaning "copper", and σῶμα (sôma), meaning "body".
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