Family Lucanidae | Order Coleoptera Genus Lucanus Rank Species | |
Similar Lucanus swinhoei, Lucanus barbarossa, Lucanus ibericus, Lucanus | ||
Cervo volante minore lucanus tetraodon
Lucanus tetraodon is a stag beetle of the family Lucanidae.
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Larva l3 di lucanus tetraodon stridulazione
Description
Similar to Lucanus cervus and Lucanus capreolus it is, with a length of 30–48 mm, a relatively large lucanid beetle of the genus Lucanus. The male has long, curved upper jaws, while female's ones are shorter.
Habitat
This species is diffused in Central and Southern Italy, Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, Southern France, Albania, Greece and Algeria. It is diffused in the mesophilic woods and in the maquis shrubland.
References
Lucanus tetraodon Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA