Kingdom Animalia Family Cerambycidae Genus Macrodontia Order Beetle | Class Insecta Phylum Arthropoda Rank Species | |
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Similar Macrodontia, Beetle, Macrodontia cervicornis, Callipogon, Prioninae | ||
Macrodontia batesi is a species in the Macrodontia genus of long-horned beetles. This species is among the largest beetles, and specimens have been known to exceed 11 centimetres (4.3 in) in length. A fair bit of this length, however, is due to the enormous mandibles.
Distribution
This species is known from the rain forests of Guatemala, Honduras, and Panama. Unconfirmed reports of beetles in the Macrodontia genus have also been recorded in Southern Mexico.
Additional described species in the genus extend the overall range of the genus from Guatemala to Argentina.
References
Macrodontia batesi Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA