Dicronocephalus wallichi
| Dicronocephalus wallichi | |
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| A female Dicronocephalus wallichii wallichii from the Tam Dao National Park, Vietnam. | |
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| A male Dicronocephalus wallichii, subspecies unknown. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Dicronocephalus |
| Species: | D. wallichi |
| Binomial name | |
| Dicronocephalus wallichi Hope, 1831 | |
Dicronocephalus wallichi, also known as the antler horned beetle[1], is a species of scarab beetle that belongs to the tribe Goliathini. This species can be found in southeastern Asia being found in areas such as China, Vietnam and Thailand with some subspecies such as D. w. bourgoini being endemic to Taiwan.[2][3]
Taxonomy
It is a member of the D. wallichii species group meaning that it is closely related to Dicronocephalus dabryi and Dicronocephalus uenoi.[3]
Subspecies
This species currently contains three described subspecies. They are listed below:[3]
- Dicronocephalus wallichii wallichii Hope, 1831
- Dicronocephalus wallichii bourgoini Pouillaude, 1914
- Dicronocephalus wallichii bowringi Pascoe, 1863
References
- ↑ "Antler Horn Beetle (Dicronocephalus wallichi)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2026-08-07.
- ↑ "Dicronocephalus wallichi". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2026-08-07.
- 1 2 3 Lee, Ga-Eun; Han, Taeman; Jeong, Jongchel; Kim, Seong-Hyun; Park, In Gyun; Park, Haechul (2015-04-30). "Molecular phylogeny of the genus Dicronocephalus (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae) based on mtCOI and 16S rRNA genes". ZooKeys (501): 63–87. Bibcode:2015ZooK..501...63L. doi:10.3897/zookeys.501.8658. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 4432319. PMID 25987879.
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