Lucanus maculifemoratus

Lucanus maculifemoratus
	Lucanus maculifemoratus maculifemoratus, adult
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Lucanidae
Genus:	Lucanus
Species:	L. maculifemoratus
Binomial name
	Lucanus maculifemoratus; Motschulsky, 1861

Lucanus maculifemoratus is a beetle of the family Lucanidae. This species is known as Miyama stag beetle (Deep Mountain stag beetle) in Japan. These beetles have a light covering of golden hair on their back, mostly around the rear edges.

Lucanus maculifemoratus is known from northeastern Asia, including Japan,and Russia.^[1]^[2]

Subspecies[]

Lucanus maculifemoratus
- Lucanus maculifemoratus adachii
- Lucanus maculifemoratus boileaui
- Lucanus maculifemoratus ferriei
- Lucanus maculifemoratus jilinensis
- Lucanus maculifemoratus maculifemoratus
- Lucanus maculifemoratus taiwanus

L.dybowski was considered a sub-species of L.maculifemoratus but is now considered an independent species.

Gallery[]

Lucanus maculifemoratus taiwanus
Lucanus maculifemoratus maculifemoratus

References[]

^ Miwa, Y. (1929). "An addition to the list of Lucanid-species from the Japanese Empire" (PDF). Insecta Matsumurana. III: 72–76.
^ Kim, Sang Il; Kim, Jin Ill (2010). "Review of family Lucanidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) in Korea with the description of one new species". Entomological Research. 40: 55–81. doi:10.1111/j.1748-5967.2009.00263.x. S2CID 85747458.

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[1] Miwa, Y. (1929). "An addition to the list of Lucanid-species from the Japanese Empire" (PDF). Insecta Matsumurana. III: 72–76.

[2] Kim, Sang Il; Kim, Jin Ill (2010). "Review of family Lucanidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) in Korea with the description of one new species". Entomological Research. 40: 55–81. doi:10.1111/j.1748-5967.2009.00263.x. S2CID 85747458.

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