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Megasoma Kirby, 1825

genus

Accepted

Name authority: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

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Names and sources

Accepted Name	Source
Megasoma Kirby, 1825	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Kirby, W. (1825). A description of such genera and species of insects, alluded to in the “Introduction to Entomology” of Messrs.Kirby and Spence, as appear not to have been before suffiently noticed or described. Transactions of the Linnean Society. London 14:563-572. https://archive.org/download/biostor-5643/biostor-5643.pdf

Synonym	Source
Megasominus Casey, 1915 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Casey, T. L. (1915). A review of the American species of Rutelinae, Dynastinae and Cetoniinae. Memoirs on the Coleoptera 6:1-394. https://archive.org/download/biostor-70941/biostor-70941.pdf
Lycophontes Bruch, 1910 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Bruch, C. (1910). Descripción de dos nuevos Lamelicornios de la fauna Argentina. Revista Del Museo De La Plata 17:71-77. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/230656#page/87/mode/1up
Megalosoma Burmeister, 1846 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Burmeister, H. C. C. (1846). Genera quaedam Insectorum iconibus illustravit et descripsit Hermannus Burmeister. (1838-1841) Berolini. http://www.archive.org/download/generaqudamins00burm/generaqudamins00burm.pdf
Megalosomus Erichson, 1842 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Arch. Naturgesch., 2

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kingdom: Animalia

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