Hexarthrius melchioritis is a species of beetle, which belongs to the family of stag beetles (Lucanidae) in the group Scarabaeoidea.[1]
| Hexarthrius melchioritis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Lucanidae |
| Genus: | Hexarthrius |
| Species: | H. melchioritis
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| Binomial name | |
| Hexarthrius melchioritis (Séguy, 1954)
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It was first described in 1954 by French entomologist, Eugène Séguy. The species is endemic to northern Myanmar.
Appearance
editA large (males 35–71 millimeter), glossy, brown-black stag beetle. The male's jaws are long, quite straight, with an inward-facing tooth just outside the middle, with scattered, small teeth along the inner edge, pointed at the tip. This species is slimmer in build than most other Hexarthrius species. The antennas are quite thin, with a small, six-joint fan. The pronotum is rectangular, much wider than long. The female is completely black, much smaller than the male, with no strikingly enlarged jaws.[2]
Life cycle
editThe larvae develop in rotten tree trunks.
Systematic classification
edit- Order Beetles, Coleoptera
- Sub-order Polyphaga
- Superfamily Scarabaeoidea
- Family Stag beetles, Lucanidae Latreille, 1806
- Tribe Lucanini Latreille, 1806
- Genus Hexarthrius Hope, 1842 – 15 species
- Hexarthrius melchioritis Seguy, 1954
- Genus Hexarthrius Hope, 1842 – 15 species
- Tribe Lucanini Latreille, 1806
- Family Stag beetles, Lucanidae Latreille, 1806
- Superfamily Scarabaeoidea
- Sub-order Polyphaga
References
edit- ^ Sabatier, Paul (1975). Nouvelle Revue D'entomologie. Vol. 5–6. Laboratoire de Zoologie de la Faculté des Sciences. p. 267.
- ^ Laboratoire D'entromologie (Muséum National D'histoire Naturelle) (1952). Revue Française D'entomologie. Vol. 19–21. Association des Amis du Laboratoire D'entomologie du Muséum. p. 269.
- ^ Overview of the species