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Dynastinae
Beetle,about 6 cm size
thank you for narrowing it down bayucca, its location was caused red tape effect with identity.
Thanks, Techuser aka João for confirmation!
Can you make a "+" in my suggestion ;-)...
Indeed a cool name even for a pest...
Found some more nice links...
http://eol.org/pages/141477/overview
http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1603/AN...
"Enema pan" - what a name for a magnificent beetle! the poor thing. Nice photos..
Scarabaeidae, Dynastinae, Oryctini. Looks like being Enema sp. and looks very similar to Enema pan, male (!). Most of the records are from Peru and Ecuador, but occurrence in Brazil is confirmed.
http://static.skynetblogs.be/media/16605...
http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxonimage/id128...
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:E...
http://www.biolib.cz/en/image/id152562/
http://diversidadentrependientes.wordpre...
Report from Brazil: http://collectionneurdinsectes.com/produ...
Occurrence in Brazil confirmed: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:E...
http://coleopteradeecuador.blogspot.ch/2...
http://mediateca.educa.madrid.org/imagen...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/coleoptera-...
http://blog.naver.com/PostView.nhn?blogI...