''Chalcosoma'' is a genus of Southeast Asian
rhinoceros beetles
Dynastinae or rhinoceros beetles are a subfamily of the scarab beetle family (Scarabaeidae). Other common names – some for particular groups of rhinoceros beetles – include Hercules beetles, unicorn beetles or horn beetles. Over 1,50 ...
. They are known as three horned rhinoceros beetles for their trident like horn. They are endemic to Southeast Asia.
Etymology
The name ''Chalcosoma'' can be translated as being formed from the
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek (, ; ) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the classical antiquity, ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Greek ...
χαλκός (''khalkós''), meaning "copper", and σῶμα (''sôma''), meaning "body".
Species
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Chalcosoma argregs''
Takeuchi, 2014
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Chalcosoma atlas''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
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Chalcosoma chiron''
((Olivier, 1789) (incl. synonyms ''Chalcosoma caucasus'' and ''Chalcosoma janssensi'')
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Chalcosoma engganense''
Nagai, 2004
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Chalcosoma moellenkampi''
Kolbe, 1900
See also
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List of largest insects
Insects, which are a type of arthropod, are the most numerous group of multicellular organisms on the planet, with over a million species identified so far. The title of heaviest insect in the world has many contenders, the most frequently crowne ...
References
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Dynastinae
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