Figulus incertus

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Figulus incertus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Lucanidae
Subfamily: Lucaninae
Genus: Figulus
Species:
F. incertus
Binomial name
Figulus incertus
Bomans, 1987

Figulus incertus is a species of stag beetle (insects of the family Lucanidae). [1] [2]

Geographical distribution

The species is found in New Guinea.

Originally recorded only from Redscar Bay, it was later also found approximately 780 km from there, in a sample of rotten Hevea brasiliensis wood from East Sepik Province. [3]

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References

  1. "Figulus incertus". GBIF. Retrieved 2024-08-17.
  2. "Figulus incertus Bomans, 1987". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2024-08-17.
  3. Hawkeswood, T. J.; H. E. Bomans (1992). "Notes on a small collection of Lucanidae from northern Papua New Guinea (Insecta, Coleoptera)". Spixiana. 15 (2): 137–142.