Large numbers of Megasoma elephas

[DynastesDee]

 

[Ratmosphere]

Cool vid! The size of these always impressed me. Probably look like birds when they take off flying.

 

[DynastesDee]

Yes, I’ve always to visit south or central America.

 

[DynastesDee]

Evan Dynastes granti look like birds when they take off.

 

[Dynastes]

Yes, I’ve always to visit south or central America.

I went to Mexico a while back and only saw some dead Megasoma specimens at the nature center museum area. Saw a boatload of iguanas though.

 

[DynastesDee]

I would love to see Megasoma rex in these types of numbers.

 

[Goliathus]

I would love to see Megasoma rex in these types of numbers.

What was the reasoning behind giving Megasoma actaeon johannae (M. rex) species status?  It seems to me, that rex is indeed a ssp. (or just a morphological variant) of actaeon.

 

[DynastesDee]

 Here’s what someone posted on Facebook.

 

[DynastesDee]

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[DynastesDee]

 The small difference between Megasoma acteon and rex.

 

[Goliathus]

 The small difference between Megasoma acteon and rex.

That's it?  Just a tiny structural difference in one of the tarsal segments?  By that logic, people with different hair and eye colors could be classified as different species!