| Lucanus tetraodon | |
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| Lucanus tetraodon, adult | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Lucanidae |
| Genus: | Lucanus |
| Species: | L. tetraodon |
| Binomial name | |
| Lucanus tetraodon Thunberg, 1806 | |
Lucanus tetraodon is a stag beetle of the family Lucanidae. [2] [3] [4]
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 are shorter. [4]
This species is diffused in Central and Southern Italy, Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, Southern France, Albania, Greece and Algeria. [3] [5] It is diffused in the mesophilic woods and in the maquis shrubland.
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