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 Giant beetle...
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| Friuli |
Posted on 07-06-2007 15:37
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Hello, I saw a very big beetle in a humid zone. (Chaco - Paraguay) Size: approximately 100 mm without the legs. Someone knows the name? Thanks.. Friuli attached the following image:  [164.7Kb] Edited by Friuli on 07-06-2007 15:39 |
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| Sara21392 |
Posted on 12-09-2011 18:04
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Tooooooooooooooooo late, but Curculionidae!
Sincerely yours Sara |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 12-09-2011 18:11
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I'd say Scarabidae ... looks like a "chafer" beetle to me 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| cthirion |
Posted on 12-09-2011 18:25
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Member Location: Awirs (Flémalle) Belgique Posts: 901 Joined: 13.08.04 |
 Me too!
cthirion |
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| Sara21392 |
Posted on 12-09-2011 18:33
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Member Location: Posts: 1445 Joined: 07.11.10 |
But seems it has a snout!! Are you sure about??? 
Sincerely yours Sara |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 12-09-2011 18:38
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Chris is absolutely right.
Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| Sara21392 |
Posted on 12-09-2011 18:42
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Thanks for correct!
Sincerely yours Sara |
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| Alexandru Pintilioaie |
Posted on 12-09-2011 20:38
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Member Location: Romania Posts: 1019 Joined: 04.02.10 |
The correct name is Scarabaeidae |
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| nick upton |
Posted on 21-09-2011 22:55
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 828 Joined: 12.03.10 |
Definitely a big scarab, maybe a Golofa sp. female. The males have spectacular horns, but not the females, making species IDs tougher. I photogaraphed male Golofa porteri (a high altitude Andean species) fighting and pairs mating many years ago in Ecuador. http://www.naturepl.com/bin/npl.dll/go?a=disp&pt=1&t=us\sr-loadersearch.html&si=&usp=0&_spb=0&_spe=0&_spw=0&mw=2&_collection=&_type=&se=20&_filterori=&searchtext=golofa
Nick Upton - naturalist and photographer |
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| Auke |
Posted on 29-10-2012 21:53
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Member Location: Suriname (South America) Posts: 312 Joined: 21.10.12 |
Although the original poster of the photo hasn't been on this forum for over five years, I'd still like to give an answer (a nice change from asking questions!). Given the stated body length of about 10 cm and the lack of pronotal and cephalic armor, this can only be a pretty large female of a Megasoma species (Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). Other South American dynastids, including Golofa, don't reach this size. Given the location, it's most likely a M. mars since the other large species of Megasoma don't reach this far south. For more info on the distribution and habitus of various species of Megasoma I refer to this website. Best regards, Scarabaeoid |
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