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Goliathus magnus - Africa
Attribution - Lizars s.c., Plate 16

This is an early natural history illustration of Goliathus goliatus (then called Goliathus magnus).  The species was given its modern name of G. goliatus by Carolus Linnaeus in 1771.
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Goliathus magnus - Lizars s.c.

 
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