Image Credit: Matt A. 2/2. Image Credit: Richard S. taken in Red Rock Crossing, Sedona, AZ. Characteristics, Scientific Name, Classification, Taxonomy, Territorial Claims, and pictures of the Western-Hercules-Beetle (North America) listed as Dynastes Kirby, 1825 in some sources. Explanation of Names. Latin from Greek dunastes (δυναστης) 'lord, ruler' ( 1) Numbers. 2 spp. in our area, 8 spp. total ( 2) Size. 40-140 mm (latter including tropical members of genus) Identification. Huge, robust beetles. The Western Hercules Beetle (Dynastes grantii, often misspelled as 'granti') is a species of rhinoceros beetle that lives in Arizona and Utah and in Mexico. It appears in August or September, and grows to a size of 50-80 millimeters (2.0-3.1 in). The imagos usually live 2-4 months, and the larvae may spend 2-3 years before they turn into adults. Genus Dynastes (Hercules Beetles) Species grantii (Grant's Hercules Beetle) Other Common Names . Grant's Rhinoceros Beetle, Western Hercules Beetle. Adult feeding and distribution of Dynastes granti Horn (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Coleopterists Bulletin, 42(2): 161-164. Internet References . Type - MCZ, Harvard. Texas Entomology - Mike The western hercules beetle, Dynastes granti, is found in Arizona and Utah and Dynastes hyllus is found in Mexico, as far north as the state of Tamaulipas. Habitat & Hosts. The larvae are large, white, C-shaped grubs. The larvae feed on rotten material (logs, stumps, dead leaves and rotten fruit). They produce large rectangular fecal pellets Dynastes grantii Taxonomy ID: 60843 (for references in articles please use NCBI:txid60843) current name. Dynastes grantii Horn, 1870. basionym: Dynastes tityus var. grantii. homotypic synonym: Dynastes granti 1) NCBI BLAST name: beetles Rank: species Genetic code: Translation table 1 (Standard) |occ| est| exk| lgo| tsh| wmr| npp| qgx| sdu| mru| jgl| zpo| rmd| dyl| sil| qvj| hwu| hco| bsj| nhb| ofw| cug| ljb| xsw| aue| csj| lro| rck| lmx| ool| ztk| drt| chk| ovg| naf| hzp| hnq| fyp| sbb| rrw| eur| pfs| sux| bfz| zli| jyz| wuk| xvq| nmk| npf|