Odontolabis cuvera

Odontolabis cuvera
Odontolabis cuvera
Odontolabis cuvera, adult
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Lucanidae
Genus: Odontolabis
Species: O. cuvera
Binomial name
Odontolabis cuvera
Hope, 1842

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.[1]

This beetle is native to southeast Asia.

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Contents

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., 1984 - The Beetles of the World, volume 4, Odontolabini I (Lucanidae) - Genera Chalcodes, Odontolabis, Heterochtes.[1]

References

  1. ^ Rowland, JM & DJ Emlen (2009). "Two Thresholds, Three Male Forms Result in Facultative Male Trimorphism in Beetles". Science 323 (5915): 773–776. doi:10.1126/science.1167345. PMID 19197062. http://dbs.umt.edu/research_labs/emlenlab/documents/RowlandandEmlen2009_001.pdf. 

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