Apterocyclus munroi

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Apterocyclus munroi
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Apterocyclus munroi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Lucanidae
Subfamily: Lucaninae
Tribe: Lucanini
Genus: Apterocyclus
Species:
A. munroi
Binomial name
Apterocyclus munroi
Sharp, 1908 [1]

Apterocyclus munroi is a species of stag beetle in the family Lucanidae. It was found on the island of Kauai in the Hawaiian Islands in 1897. [2] [3]

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Four specimens of Apterocyclus munroi were collected on Kauai in 1897, and the species description was published in 1908. [3] [1] No specimens have been identified since 1897, and the species may now be extinct. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Sharp, D.; Scott, H. "Part 5, Coleoptera". Fauna Hawaiiensis, or the zoology of the Sandwich (Hawaiian) Isles. 3. pp. 367–579.
  2. ↑ "Apterocyclus munroi". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-10-18.
  3. 1 2 3 Paulsen, M. J.; Hawks, David C. (2014). "A review of the primary types of the Hawaiian stag beetle genus Apterocyclus Waterhouse (Coleoptera, Lucanidae, Lucaninae), with the description of a new species". ZooKeys (433): 77–88. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.433.8022 . PMC   4141180 . PMID   25152674.

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