Xylotrupes meridionalis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Xylotrupes |
| Species: | X. meridionalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Xylotrupes meridionalis Prell, 1914
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Xylotrupes meridionalis, commonly known as forked horns rhinoceros beetle, is a species of rhinoceros beetle found in India and Sri Lanka.[1][2][3][4][5]
Description
[edit]Male has prolonged anterior legs whereas female has normal anterior legs. Basal joints of posterior tarsi are cylindrical in shape. Propygidium lack a stridulatory area. Male has a single thoracic horn. Elytra coriaceous. Male has large tambour shaped phallobase. Adult beetles feed on young bark, seedlings, shoots, and twigs. Host plants included: Acacia mearnsii, Hevea brasiliensis and Toona australis.[6]
Subspecies
[edit]Two subspecies recognized.[7]
- Xylotrupes meridionalis meridionalis Prell, 1914 – India
- Xylotrupes meridionalis taprobanes Prell, 1914 – Sri Lanka
References
[edit]- ^ "The National Red List 2012 of Sri Lanka; Conservation Status of the Fauna and Flora". Ministry of Environment in Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
- ^ Rowland, J. Mark (2003). "Male horn dimorphism, phylogeny and systematics of rhinoceros beetles of the genus Xylotrupes (Scarabaeidae : Coleoptera)". Australian Journal of Zoology. pp. 213–258. doi:10.1071/zo02013. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
- ^ "Xylotrupes meridionalis Prell, 1914". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
- ^ "New Distribution of Rhinoceros Beetle Xylotrupes Taprobanes Ganesha(Silvestre, 2003) in Tamilnadu, India". International Journal of Scientific Research 2(1):157-159. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
- ^ Rowland, J. Mark (2011-05-06). "0176. Notes on nomenclature in Xylotrupes Hope (Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Dynastini)". Insecta Mundi. pp. 1–10. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
- ^ "Studies on Rhinoceros Beetles (Coleoptera— Scarabaeidae—Dynastinae) from Madhya Pradesh, central India" (PDF). Colemania, Number 34, pp. 1-9. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
- ^ "RARE OCCURRENCE OF RHINOCEROS BEETLE (XYLOTRUPES TAPROBANES GANESHA SILVESTRE, 2003) IN TAMILNADU, INDIA". Mun. Ent. Zool. Vol. 14, No. 2, June 2019. Retrieved 2021-07-26.