About Lucanus tetraodon Thunberg, 1806
Lucanus tetraodon Thunberg, 1806 is a relatively large stag beetle in the genus Lucanus, morphologically similar to Lucanus cervus and Lucanus capreolus. Adults measure between 30 and 48 millimeters in body length. Males of this species have long, curved upper jaws, while females have much shorter upper jaws. This species is distributed across Central and Southern Italy, Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, Southern France, Albania, Greece, and Algeria. It occurs in mesophilic woodlands and maquis shrubland habitats.
