Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lucanidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Coleoptera Subfamily Lucaninae | |
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Similar Odontolabis dalmani, Odontolabis lowei, Odontolabis castelnaudi, Odontolabis cuvera | ||
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Odontolabis gazella is a species of beetles belonging to the family Lucanidae.
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Odontolabis gazella gazella hirschk fer stag beetle
Description
Odontolabis gazella can reach a length of about 40 millimetres (1.6 in) in females and of about 60 millimetres (2.4 in) in males. The basic colour is dark brown. The large mandible of males are used to wrestle each other for mating or food.
Distribution
This species can be found in Malayan Peninsula, Borneo, Sumatra and Balabac Island (Philippines). The subspecies Odontolabis gazella inaequalis Kaup 1868 is endemic of Nias Island (Indonesia).
References
Odontolabis gazella Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA