🦋 Family

Lucanidae

40 species · Animals

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Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Coleoptera › Lucanidae

Prosopocoilus biplagiatus (Westwood, 1855)

Prosopocoilus biplagiatus is a stag beetle with males 18-39 mm and females 18-25 mm in size.

Prosopocoilus astacoides (Hope, 1840)

Prosopocoilus astacoides is a 50–70 mm Lucanidae beetle that lives 8–10 months, with sharp fighting mandibles that shake antennae when angry.

Serrognathus titanus (Boisduval, 1835)

Serrognathus titanus is a widely distributed Asian stag beetle kept as a pet across Asia and Europe.

Serrognathus taurus (Fabricius, 1801)

Serrognathus taurus is a sexually size-dimorphic stag beetle found in the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia.

Figulus binodulus Waterhouse, 1872

Figulus binodulus is a stag beetle species from the family Lucanidae found in temperate Asia.

Paralissotes reticulatus (Westwood, 1844)

Paralissotes reticulatus is a flightless black stag beetle from New Zealand, found across a wide range from near sea level to 950m.

Geodorcus helmsi (Sharp, 1881)

Geodorcus helmsi is a large flightless sexually dimorphic stag beetle that is the most widespread Geodorcus species native to New Zealand.

Leptinopterus tibialis (Eschscholtz, 1822)

Leptinopterus tibialis is a rare beetle species found in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay with sexually dimorphic body size.

Cacostomus squamosus Newman, 1840

Cacostomus squamosus is a diurnal Australian Lucanidae beetle whose larvae grow in decaying wood.

Aegus chelifer Macleay, 1819

Aegus chelifer Macleay, 1819 is a size-variable stag beetle native west of Wallace's Line, introduced to the Seychelles and Madagascar after the 2004 tsunami.

Platycerus oregonensis Westwood, 1844

Platycerus oregonensis is a North American stag beetle species first described by John O. Westwood in 1844.

Platycerus depressus LeConte, 1850

Platycerus depressus is a North American stag beetle species first described by Joseph LeConte in 1850.

Platycerus caprea (Degeer, 1774)

Platycerus caprea is a Eurasian stag beetle species first described by Charles De Geer in 1774.

Platycerus caraboides (Linneaus, 1758)

Platycerus caraboides is a small stag beetle species distributed across most of Europe, parts of Asia, and North Africa.

Lamprima aurata Latreille, 1817

Lamprima aurata is a variable-sized, variable-colored stag beetle native to Australia that lives in dry sclerophyll forests.

Phalacrognathus muelleri (MacLeay, 1885)

Phalacrognathus muelleri is an Australian lucanid, where males are Australia's largest lucanids, with beautiful, fade-after-death color hard to photograph.

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Cerambycidae 601 species Carabidae 393 species Chrysomelidae 339 species Scarabaeidae 218 species Curculionidae 193 species Buprestidae 146 species Coccinellidae 118 species Meloidae 94 species

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