Jan 20, 2009 · Megaceras briansaltini Ratcliffe, new species, is described from Peru. A description, diagnosis, and illustrations are provided, and the new species is compared with M. …

Jun 17, 2024 · “I know of no dynastine head horn that has ever had the shape of the one seen in M. briansaltini, and so its resemblance to a movie character seems like a case of nature mimicking art … or what could be referred to as ‘the Dim Effect,'” wrote entomologist Brett C. …

Common names of the Dynastinae refer to the characteristic horns borne only by the males of most species in the group. Each has a horn on the head and another horn pointing forward from the center of the thorax. The horns are used in fighting other males during mating season, and for …

Megaceras briansaltini, named in honor of Brian Saltin, son of entomologist Jochen-P. Saltin, is a Peruvian rhinoceros beetle with a horn surprisingly similar to that of the character Dim from Pixar's animated film, A Bug's Life (created eight years before the beetle's discovery), previously unseen in nature (coined the Dim Effect by its ...

The researcher wasn't claiming to have discovered the family Dynastinae, only a new species within the group. Dim from Bugs Life, was extremely stylized, horn included, and as such did not resemble any specific species, and just reflected the family as a whole.

A REMARKABLE NEW SPECIES OF MEGACERAS FROM PERU (SCARABAEIDAE: DYNASTINAE: ORYCTINI). THE ‘‘DIM EFFECT’’: NATURE MIMICKING ART. Megaceras briansaltini Ratcliffe, new species, is described from Peru.

Dec 31, 2021 · A Remarkable New Species of Megaceras from Peru (Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Oryctini). The “Dim Effect”: Nature Mimicking Art. Megaceras briansaltini Ratcliffe, new species, is described from...

Photos courtesy of J. Saltin. from publication: A Remarkable New Species of Megaceras from Peru (Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Oryctini).

Synoptic revision of the United States scarab beetles of the subfamily Dynastinae, No. 1: tribe Cyclocephalini. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 35: 378-386.

Dynastes neptunus Quensel (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae); Descriptions of the third instar larva and pupa, with notes on biology. Coleopterists Bulletin 58 (1): 103-110.