Xylotrupes taprobanus, is a species of rhinoceros beetle found in India and Sri Lanka.[1][2]
Description
The subspecies X. t. ganesha is described as follows:[3]
This glabrous and less shiny beetle is typically dark brown in color. Male is about 58 mm in length. Clypus broad and weakly emarginated. Pronotum large and more or less trapezoidal. A thoracic horn found on the disc. Scutellum matte, and punctuated. Elytra weakly shiny, broad convex and finely and irregularly punctuated. Pygidium densely punctuated except apex.[4][5]
