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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles (Scarabaeoidea) » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Rhinoceros Beetles (Dynastinae) » Dynastini » Elephant Beetles (Megasoma) » Texas Elephant Beetle (Megasoma vogti)
Species Megasoma vogti - Texas Elephant Beetle
Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Season · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles)
Family Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles)
Subfamily Dynastinae (Rhinoceros Beetles)
Tribe Dynastini
Genus Megasoma (Elephant Beetles)
Species vogti (Texas Elephant Beetle)
Texas Megasoma
Explanation of Names
Megasoma vogti Cartwright, 1963
patronym for George Vogt (1920–1990), a coleopterist active in s. TX in 1946-47. (1)
7 spp. of Megasoma occur in the southwestern United States and Northern Mexico, only one of which occurs in Texas.
c. TX (Bexar Co.) to ne Mex - Map (2)
Tamaulipan Thornscrub
July to October in Texas. "I find them every year during the months of September and October." (Alfredo Hinojosa, pers. comm. to MAQ, 2012)
Print References
Cartwright, O.L. 1963. Two new species of Megasoma from the United States and Mexico (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Coleopterists Bulletin 17: 25-29.
Cartwright, O.L. 1970. The male of Megasoma vogti Cartwright (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 72: 224-226.
Hardy, A.R. 1972. A brief revision of the North and Central American species of Megasoma. Canadian Entomologist 104: 767-777.
Riley, E.G. & C.S. Wolfe. 2003. An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas. Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement, no. 26. 37 pp. (3)
Internet References
Texas Entomology - Mike Quinn, 2008
Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles - Univ. of Nebraska State Museum - Div. of Entomology
1. George Britton Vogt (1920–1990).
Anderson, D., C.L. Bellamy, H.A. Howden, and C. Quimby. 1991. The Coleopterists Bulletin 45(1): 93–95.
2. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
3. An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas.
Edward G. Riley & Charles S. Wolfe. 2003. Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement. 37 pp.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 27 February, 2009 - 11:00pm
Last updated 3 July, 2019 - 1:35pm
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