Goliathus cacicus -- the world's (almost) largest beetle.
Image: Frantisek Bacovsky.
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Actually, Titanus giganteus is the largest known species of extant beetle.
i've seen longer beetles in west africa (central Togo), on the order of 6 inches, and maybe a bit skinnier than the one on the hand above. Unless that hand is a basketball players, i think there must be larger beetles out there.
I am not qualified to comment on what beetle species is the largest, but the one known here in Texas as the "toe biter" probably qualifies as the meanest.