Beckeri's Rhinoceros Beetle Xylotrupes beckeri

Beckeri's (Becker's?) Rhinoceros Beetle is native to west Malayasia and Sumatra and is one of several Xylotrupes Rhinocerous beetles. It used to be classed as a subspecies of the Brown Rhinoceros Beetle, Xylotrues gideon, of Java, Indonesia. Only the males have the facial horns, used for fighting other males; males can reach some 7cm long (including horn).

The beetle can be shiny black or shiny brown. Females do not have horns.