Dorcus titanus
| Dorcus titanus | |
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| Dorcus titanus, adult | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Lucanidae |
| Genus: | Dorcus |
| Species: | D. titanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Dorcus titanus (Boisduval, 1835) | |
Dorcus titanus, also known as the giant stag beetle, is a beetle of the Family Lucanidae.
Description
Males measure 32.0-111.3 mm including mandibles; females 36.5-54 mm. It has an elongated, somewhat flat body dull black with blackish anntenae and legs. Male’s antler-like jaws have small teeth along inner edge and a pair of big teeth toward the bottom, and are forked at end. Head of a large male reaches nearly the length of its prothorax and abdomen combined.[1]
It inhabites mainly tropical rainforests.
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Dorcus titanus platymelus
List of subspecies
- Dorcus titanus castanicolor
- Dorcus titanus daitoensis
- Dorcus titanus elegans
- Dorcus titanus hachijoensis
- Dorcus titanus karasuyamai
- Dorcus titanus okinawanus
- Dorcus titanus okinoerabuensis
- Dorcus titanus palawanicus
- Dorcus titanus pilifer
- Dorcus titanus platymelus
- Dorcus titanus sakishimanus (サキシマヒラクワガタ/(Japanese))
- Dorcus titanus sika (台灣扁鍬形蟲/(Chinese))
- Dorcus titanus sumatra
- Dorcus titanus takaraensis
- Dorcus titanus tatsutai
- Dorcus titanus titanus
- Dorcus titanus tokunoshimaensis
- Dorcus titanus typhon
- Dorcus titanus typhoniformis
- Dorcus titanus westermanni
This beetle (a bark beetle) has some commercial value and export from Palawan Islands, Republic of Philippines, is illegal. There are some Asian cultures that assign aphrodisiac properties to this insect, high in protein. However, most of the beetles are used for sport (beetle wrestling), decorative show, or curious pets.