Prosopocoilus antilope

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Prosopocoilus antilope
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Prosopocoilus antilope from São Tomé Island. Male and female
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Lucanidae
Genus: Prosopocoilus
Species:
P. antilope
Binomial name
Prosopocoilus antilope
(Swederus, 1787)
Synonyms
  • Prosopocoilus antilopus

Prosopocoilus antilope is a species of beetles of the family Lucanidae.

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Description

Prosopocoilus antilope can reach a length of about 23–47 millimetres (0.91–1.85 in) in males, of about 21–27 millimetres (0.83–1.06 in) in females.

Distribution

This species occurs in Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Tanzania.

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