Xylotrupes meridionalis

Xylotrupes meridionalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Xylotrupes
Species:	X. meridionalis
Binomial name
	Xylotrupes meridionalis; Prell, 1914
Synonyms
	Xylotrupes gideon meridionalis Endrödi, 1957; Xylotrupes gideon socrates Endrödi, 1985; Xylotrupes meridionalis meridionalis Rowland, 2003;

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[]

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[]

Two subspecies recognized.^[7]

Xylotrupes meridionalis meridionalis Prell, 1914 – India
Xylotrupes meridionalis taprobanes Prell, 1914 – Sri Lanka

References[]

^ "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.

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[1] "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.

[2] 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.

[3] "Xylotrupes meridionalis Prell, 1914". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-07-27.

[4] "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.

[5] 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.

[6] "Studies on Rhinoceros Beetles (Coleoptera— Scarabaeidae—Dynastinae) from Madhya Pradesh, central India" (PDF). Colemania, Number 34, pp. 1-9. Retrieved 2021-07-26.

[7] "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.

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