Hercules beetle

Hercules beetle
Male Hercules beetle, Dynastes hercules ecuatorianus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Dynastes
Species:	D. hercules
Binomial name
Dynastes hercules (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Scarabaeus hercules Linnaeus, 1758, 1758 Scarabaeus scaber Linnaeus, 1758, 1764 Scarabaeus oculatus Scopoli, 1772 Scarabaeus alcides Fabricius, 1781 Scarabaeus iphiclus Panzer, 1782 Scarabaeus perseus Olivier, 1789 Dynastes alcides (Fabricius, 1781) Dynastes lagaii Verrill, 1906 Dynastes vulcan Verrill, 1906 Dynastes argentata Verrill, 1907 Dynastes hercules niger Endrodi, 1947 Dynastes hercules caribaea Stehle & Stehle, 1958 Dynastes hercules baudrii Pinchon, 1976

The Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules) is a species of rhinoceros beetle native to the rainforests of southern Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Lesser Antilles. It is the longest extant species of beetle in the world, and is also one of the largest flying insects in the world.