Bismarck Rhinoceros Beetle

Xylotrupes ulysses

"Xylotrupes ulysses" 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.
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderColeoptera
FamilyScarabaeidae
GenusXylotrupes
SpeciesX. ulysses
Photographed in
Australia