Dorcus taurus
| Dorcus taurus | |
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| Dorcus taurus gyphaetus from Java. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Lucanidae |
| Genus: | Dorcus |
| Species: | D. taurus |
| Binomial name | |
| Dorcus taurus (Fabricius, 1801) | |
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Dorcus taurus is a species of beetles belonging to the Lucanidae family which was described by Fabricius in 1801.[2]
Description
Dorcus taurus reaches a length of about 50–60 millimetres (2.0–2.4 in) in males, about 40–45 millimetres (1.6–1.8 in) in females. In males the head is large, with large jaws. The head and the pronotum are dark brown, while elytra are clearer.
Distribution
Dorcus taurus can be found only in Indonesia.
Subspecies
Species and subspecies of the genus Serrognathus was recently reclassified and merged into the genus Dorcus, as follows:
- Dorcus taurus borneensis Hughes Bomans, 1993 (Borneo);
- Dorcus taurus cribriceps (Chevrolat, 1841) (Luzón, Negros, Mindoro and Mindanao;
- Dorcus taurus gypaetus (Laporte de Castelnau, 1840) (Java);
- Dorcus taurus jampeanus (Mizunuma in Mizunuma and Shinji Nagai, 1994) (Sulawesi);
- Dorcus taurus moinieri (Lacroix, 1983)
- Dorcus taurus taurus (Fabricius, 1801) (Sumatra and Malay Peninsula)
Dorcus taurus taurus from Sumatra, males and females
References
- 1 2 Biolib Retrieved January 17, 2012.
- ↑ Universal Biological Indexer Retrieved January 10, 2015.
- ↑ Hallan, Joel Synopsis of the described Coleoptera of the World Biology Catalog de la Universidad de Texas A&M. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
- ↑ Bio-nica.info Retrieved January 10, 2015.
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