Giraffe stag beetle

Giraffe stag beetle

Taxobox | name = Giraffe stag beetle


image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Prosopocoilus giraffa"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Coleoptera
familia = Lucanidae
genus = "Prosopocoilus"
species = "P. giraffa"
binomial = "Prosopocoilus giraffa"
binomial_authority = Olivier, 1789The giraffe stag beetle ("Prosopocoilus giraffa") is the world's largest saw-tooth stag beetle with long and sharp jaws. It lives in wide range of Asia - from India to Indonesia. It is strong and rough natured, but the large jaws are sometimes beyond its control. Aggressive, fierce and powerful, it fights using the muscular jaws. It is 119 millimetres in length. The body color black is determined by its home.

List of subspecies

* "Prosopocoilus giraffa borobudur" Mizunuma et Nagai, 1991 (Java)
* "Prosopocoilus giraffa daisukei" Mizunuma et Nagai, 1991 (Philippines - Negros, Sibuyan Is.)
* "Prosopocoilus giraffa keisukei" Mizunuma et Nagai, 1991 (Flores Is., Lombok Is.)
* "Prosopocoilus giraffa makatai" Mizunuma et Nagai, 1991 (Philippines - Mindoro, Luzon)
* "Prosopocoilus giraffa nilgiriensis" Mizunuma et Nagai, 1991 (S. India)
* "Prosopocoilus giraffa nishikawai" Mizunuma et Nagai, 1991 (Sangir Is.)
* "Prosopocoilus giraffa nishiyamai" Mizunuma et Nagai, 1991 (Sulawesi)
* "Prosopocoilus giraffa timorensis" Mizunuma et Nagai, 1991 (Timor Is.)

External links

* [http://www.goliathus.com/en/en-prosopocoilus-giraffa.html Giraffe stag beetle] photos.


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