the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Lamellicornia Scarabaeoidea > member of family Dynastidae (2)
Entomology. (In full, Hercules beetle). A gigantic lamellicorn beetle, Dynastes (or Megasoma) Hercules, about five inches in length.
A member of the Dynastidæ, a family of large beetles including the Dynastes or Hercules-beetle.