Ligyrus sallaei
Bates, 1888
Ligyrus sallaei is a scarab beetle in the Scarabaeidae, described by Henry Walter Bates in 1888. The is distributed across the southwestern United States and through much of Mexico and Central America. It belongs to a of rhinoceros beetles, though specific biological details remain poorly documented in published literature.
Pronunciation
How to pronounce Ligyrus sallaei: //ˈlɪɡɪrəs ˈsæl.aɪ.aɪ//
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Distribution
Nearctic: Arizona and Texas, USA. Neotropical: Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and throughout Mexico including Aguascalientes, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Distrito Federal, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatán, and Zacatecas.