| Goliathus goliatus
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| Goliathus goliatus, flying position
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| Dorsal view of Goliathus goliatus at the Montreal Insectarium
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| Scientific classification
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Arthropoda
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| Class:
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Insecta
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| Order:
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Coleoptera
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| Suborder:
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Polyphaga
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| Infraorder:
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Scarabaeiformia
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| Family:
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Scarabaeidae
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| Genus:
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Goliathus
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| Species:
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G. goliatus
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| Binomial name
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Goliathus goliatus
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| Synonyms
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- (list includes synonyms of meleagris, sometimes treated as a subspecies)
- Scarabaeus goliatus Linnaeus, 1771
- Scarabaeus goliath Sulzer, 1776 (Missp.)
- Scarabaeus goliathus Goeze, 1777 (Emend.)
- Goliathus africanus Lamarck, 1801
- Goliathus giganteus Lamarck, 1817
- Goliathus imperialis Klug, 1835
- Goliathus magnus Duncan, 1835
- Goliathus drurii Macleay, 1838
- Goliathus giganteus conspersus Kraatz, 1889
- Goliathus giganteus marginatus Kraatz, 1889
- Goliathus giganteus marginifer Kraatz, 1889
- Goliathus giganteus quadrimaculatus Kraatz, 1889
- Goliathus giganteus apicalis Kraatz, 1895
- Goliathus intermedius Kraatz, 1895
- Goliathus giganteus nigripes Kraatz, 1895
- Goliathus giganteus albatus Kraatz, 1897
- Goliathus giganteus confluens Kraatz, 1897
- Goliathus giganteus interruptus Kraatz, 1897
- Goliathus giganteus undulatus Kraatz, 1897
- Goliathus giganteus conjunctivittis Kraatz, 1898
- Goliathus giganteus curtivittis Kraatz, 1898
- Goliathus giganteus longivittis Kraatz, 1898
- Goliathus giganteus connectens Csiki, 1904
- Goliathus giganteus grandis Veen, 1904
- Goliathus meleagris Sjöstedt, 1927
- Goliathus meleagris conjugatus Sjöstedt, 1928
- Goliathus meleagris divergens Sjöstedt, 1928
- Goliathus meleagris maculatus Sjöstedt, 1928
- Goliathus meleagris niveus Sjöstedt, 1928
- Goliathus meleagris nyassae Sjöstedt, 1928
- Goliathus meleagris oculatus Sjöstedt, 1928
- Goliathus meleagris partitus Sjöstedt, 1928
- Goliathus meleagris pustulatus Sjöstedt, 1928
- Goliathus meleagris pustuliferus Sjöstedt, 1928
- Goliathus meleagris quadrangulatus Sjöstedt, 1928
- Goliathus meleagris varians Sjöstedt, 1928
- Goliathus goliathus adspersus Sjöstedt, 1928
- Goliathus confluens albovariegatus Sjöstedt, 1928
- Goliathus goliathus hieroglyphicus Sjöstedt, 1928
- Goliathus confluens striatus Sjöstedt, 1928
- Goliathus goliathus undulus Sjöstedt, 1928
- Goliathus goliathus albipennis Endrödi, 1960
- Goliathus goliathus guttatus Endrödi, 1960
- Goliathus goliathus palmatus Endrödi, 1960
- Goliathus goliathus trivittatus Endrödi, 1960
- Goliathus goliathus vittiger Endrödi, 1960
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Goliathus goliatus is a very large species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae, native to tropical Africa.