Ryssonotus nebulosus (Kirby, 1818) is a animal in the Lucanidae family, order Coleoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Ryssonotus nebulosus (Kirby, 1818)

Ryssonotus nebulosus (Kirby, 1818)

Ryssonotus nebulosus is the only beetle species in the genus Ryssonotus, found in Australia and introduced to New Zealand.

Family
Genus
Ryssonotus
Order
Coleoptera
Class
Insecta

About Ryssonotus nebulosus (Kirby, 1818)

Ryssonotus nebulosus is a species of beetle in the family Lucanidae. It is the only known member of the beetle genus Ryssonotus, and the genus name Ryssonotus is often misspelled as "Rhyssonotus". This species is native to Queensland and New South Wales, Australia, and has been introduced to New Zealand.

Photo: (c) Victor W Fazio III, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Victor W Fazio III · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Coleoptera Lucanidae Ryssonotus

More from Lucanidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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