Odontolabis cuvera
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Odontolabis cuvera is a beetle
of the Family Lucanidae, stag beetles. The males have three morphological forms with variations in the size of their mandibles.
This beetle is native to southeast Asia.
Beetle
Coleoptera is an order of insects commonly called beetles. The word "coleoptera" is from the Greek , koleos, "sheath"; and , pteron, "wing", thus "sheathed wing". Coleoptera contains more species than any other order, constituting almost 25% of all known life-forms...
of the Family Lucanidae, stag beetles. The males have three morphological forms with variations in the size of their mandibles.
This beetle is native to southeast Asia.
List of subspecies
- Odontolabis cuvera alticola Möllenkamp, 1902
- Odontolabis cuvera boulouxi Lacroix, 1984
- Odontolabis cuvera cuvera Hope, 1842
- Odontolabis cuvera fallaciosus Boileau, 1901
- Odontolabis cuvera lunulatus Lacroix, 1984
- Odontolabis cuvera mandibularis Möllenkamp, 1909
- Odontolabis cuvera sinensis Westwood, 1848
Monograph
- Lacroix, J.-P.Jean-Pierre LacroixJean-Pierre Lacroix was a French entomologist.He was the best specialist on Lucanidae. He publishes many works always with very nice and accurate figures he drew himself.- Works :The complete list of his publications as been written by Hugues E...
, 1984 - The Beetles of the WorldThe Beetles of the WorldThe Beetles of the World is a series of books devoted to the study of the Coleoptera, worldwide. Sciences Nat published the 24 first volumes; the following volumes and the supplements were published by Hillside Books, Canterbury....
, volume 4, Odontolabini I (Lucanidae) - Genera Chalcodes, Odontolabis, Heterochtes.http://www.insects.demon.co.uk/cm/cm-4-english.html