Appearance
It is interesting to note that the Centaurus beetle's adult morphology is strikingly similar to that of beetles from the Dynastes genus which originate from tropical America, which led to its initial classification to that genus. Eventually, it was moved to its present genus to avoid confusion as even the Xylotrupes genus from the southeast Asian tropics have a similar form. The male has large horns and is considerably bigger than the female, which has no horns as well.
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