Dorcus rectus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Suborder: | Polyphaga |
Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
Family: | Lucanidae |
Genus: | Dorcus |
Species: | D. rectus |
Binomial name | |
Dorcus rectus (Motschulsky, 1857) | |
Dorcus rectus, the little stag beetle, is a species of beetles in the family Lucanidae. It can be found in China(Liaoning), Korea, Japan, Russia. [2] [3] These beetles have a distinctive red shell that separates them from Dorcus curvidens . Males of this species have been observed to have mandible trimorphism, [1] a characteristic that has only been described in two species of Lucanidae—with the other one being Odontolabis cuvera—"and a small number of other invertebrates" as of 2017. [4] The mandibles are used by males as weapons. [4]