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Species of beetle From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Megasoma occidentale is a species of scarab beetle. It is endemic to Mexico and is known from the Oaxaca and Sinaloa states. Adults are attracted by light. Larvae have been collected in rotten coconut palm stems.[1]
| Megasoma occidentale | |
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| Male Megasoma occidentale | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Megasoma |
| Species: | M. occidentale |
| Binomial name | |
| Megasoma occidentale Bolívar y Pieltain, Jiménez-Asúa & Martínez, 1963 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Megasoma occidentalis | |
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