| Xylotrupes ulysses | |
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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 [1] | |
Xylotrupes ulysses, common names "Elephant beetle", "Coconut palm beetle", [2] "common rhinoceros beetle" or simply "rhinoceros beetle" [3] [4] 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. [5]
