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Xylotrupes ulysses
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Xylotrupes
Species:	X. ulysses
Binomial name
Xylotrupes ulysses Guérin-Méneville, 1830

Xylotrupes ulysses, common names "Elephant beetle", "Coconut palm beetle", "common rhinoceros beetle" or simply "rhinoceros beetle" is a species of rhinoceros beetle native to New Guinea. Male horns in several groups of this genus represent a special secondary sex characteristic. There is a bimodal horn-size distribution and there is a discrete male mating behavior correlated with each phenotype.

Gallery

• lateral view
• cranial view

See also

• Xylotrupes gideon
• Elephant beetle
• Rhinoceros beetle

References

1. "Xylotrupes ulysses". 2008-08-24. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
2. "Elephant beetle". Pest and Disease Image Library. Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
3. "Xylotrupes ulysses ssp. australicus Thomson". www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/system/c_1040.htm CSIRO. 2004-11-11. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
4. "Queensland Museum Learning" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-02-15.
5. Rowland, JW (2003). "Male horn dimorphism, phylogeny and systematics of rhinoceros beetles of the genus Xylotrupes (Scarabaeidae : Coleoptera)". Australian Journal of Zoology. 51: 213–258. doi:10.1071/zo02013 – via Science Citation Index.

External links

• Xylotrupes ulysses at the Atlas of Living Australia

Media related to Xylotrupes ulysses at Wikimedia Commons

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