Megasoma occidentale is a species of scarab beetle. It is endemic to Mexico and is known from the Oaxaca and Sinaloa states. Adults are attracted by light. Larvae have been collected in rotten coconut palm stems.[1]

Megasoma occidentale
Male Megasoma occidentale
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Megasoma
Species:
M. occidentale
Binomial name
Megasoma occidentale
Bolívar y Pieltain, Jiménez-Asúa & Martínez, 1963
Synonyms

Megasoma occidentalis

References

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  1. ^ Matthew R. Moore (22 January 2007). "Megasoma occidentalis Bolívar y Pieltain, Jiménez-Asúa, and Martínez, 1963". Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles. University of Nebraska State Museum, Division of Entomology. Retrieved 9 June 2016.