Dynastes maya Hardy, 2003 male, dorsal view	Dynastes maya Hardy, 2003 female, dorsal view
male, lateral view
female, lateral view Photos by Mathew R. Moore

Distribution: Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras.

 

Description: Males with thick, stout pronotal horn. Clypeal horn in male majors with large, dorsal subrectangular tooth, or 4 individual teeth (lateral view). Males with pronotum completely black or black with greenish reflections. Elytra olive-green, glabrous in both sexes.

Biological Data: Studies on the biology of Dynastes maya have yet to be undertaken. However, D. maya is morphologically similar to D. hercules and D. hyllus. This led Hardy (2003) to hypothesize that D. maya may be a transitional form between the species living in drier, northern environments (D. tityus, D. granti, D. hyllus) and the southern tropical species living in moist environments (D. hercules, D. neptunus, D. satanus).

Temporal Distribution: Unknown.

Larvae: Not described.

References: Hardy, M. 2003. Description of a new species of Dynastes Kirby (Coleoptera Scarabaeidae Dynastinae) from North and Central America. Besoiro 9: 3-7.