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(Redirected from Dorcus titanus) Giant stag beetle of the family Lucanidae

Serrognathus titanus
From Sumatra, Indonesia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Lucanidae
Genus: Serrognathus
Species: S. titanus
Binomial name
Serrognathus titanus
(Boisduval, 1835)
Synonyms
  • Dorcus titanus (Boisduval, 1835)
  • Lucanus titanus Boisduval, 1835
  • Lucanus titanus briareus Hope & Westwood, 1845

Serrognathus titanus is a species of beetle in the family Lucanidae. It was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1835. Huang and Chen (2013) separated Serognathus from the genus Dorcus by representing morphological characters and DNA analysis.

Description

Males measure 32.0–111.3 millimetres (1.26–4.38 in) including mandibles; females 36.5–54 millimetres (1.44–2.13 in). It has an elongated, somewhat flat body dull black with blackish antennae 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. The head of a large male reaches nearly the length of its prothorax and abdomen combined.

Life cycle

Adults can be seen from May to August. They feed on tree juice, especially of Quercus species. Females lay eggs on the underground part of fallen oaks. The eggs hatch in about a month and the larvae feed on rotten wood. The larval period lasts about one year. The complete life cycle can last approximately from 1 to 2 years.

Distribution

This species is widely distributed in Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, India, Japan, China, Taiwan and Korea.

Habitat

It mainly inhabits tropical rainforests and temperate forests from lowland to mountains.

Human uses

This beetle has some commercial value and export from some regions is criminalized. There are some Asian cultures that assign aphrodisiac properties to this insect. However, most are imported for sport, decorative show, or to be kept as an exotic pet. This stag beetle is also popular pet in Asia and Europe.

Gallery

  • Male Male
  • Larva Larva
  • Museum specimen Museum specimen
  • Mounted specimen from Sulawesi (Celebes) Mounted specimen from Sulawesi (Celebes)

Subspecies

Hiroshi Fujita, a Japanese collector from the Mushi-sha insect shop, described over 20 new subspecies of S. titanus in his book "The Lucanid Beetles of the World". His subspecies included 11 subspecies in Japan alone. He also further divided S. titanus titanus specimens found in the Malay Archipelago into S. titanus yasuokai, S. titanus typhon, S. titanus nobuyukii and others.

Currently 24 named subspecies are extant with a further 15 undescribed subspecies identified by DNA analysis:

S. titanus platymelus
  • Dorcus titanus castanicolor Motschulsky, 1861 - Japan (Tsushima), Korea (Korean Peninsula and Jeju-do), Mainland China
  • Dorcus titanus daitoensis Fujita & Ichikawa, 1986 - Japan (Daitō Islands)
  • Dorcus titanus elegans (Boileau, 1899) - Japan
  • Dorcus titanus fafner - (Kriesche, 1920) Vietnam
  • Dorcus titanus hachijoensis Fujita & Okuda, 1989 - Japan
  • Dorcus titanus imperialis (Fujita, 2010) - Philippines
  • Dorcus titanus karasuyamai (Baba, 1999) - Japan
  • Dorcus titanus mindanaoensis (Fujita, 2010) - Mindanao
  • Dorcus titanus nobuyukii (Fujita, 2010) - Malaysia
  • Dorcus titanus okinawanus (Kriesche, 1922) - Okinawa
  • Dorcus titanus okinoerabuensis Fujita & Ichikawa, 1985 - Japan
  • Dorcus titanus palawanicus Lacroix, 1984 - Philippines (Palawan Island)
  • Dorcus titanus pilifer (Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1860) - Japan
  • Dorcus titanus platymelus (Saunders, 1854) - Mainland China
  • Dorcus titanus sakishimanus (Nomura, 1964) - Japan (Sakishima Islands)
  • Dorcus titanus sika (Kriesche, 1920) - Taiwan
  • Dorcus titanus takaraensis Fujita & Ichikawa, 1985 - Japan (Takara Islands)
  • Dorcus titanus tatsutai (Shiokawa, 2001) - Japan
  • Dorcus titanus titanus (Boisduval, 1835) - Indonesia
  • Dorcus titanus tokunoshimaensis Fujita & Ichikawa, 1985 - Japan
  • Dorcus titanus typhon (Boileau, 1905) - Philippines
  • Dorcus titanus typhoniformis (Nagel, 1924) - China (Yunnan)
  • Dorcus titanus westermanni (Hope, 1842) - India, Bhutan, Bangladesh
  • Dorcus titanus yasuokai (Fujita, 2010) - Indonesia (Sumatra)
  • BOLD:ACG9587 (cf. Serrognathus titanus)
  • BOLD:ACG9588 (cf. Serrognathus titanus)
  • BOLD:ACG9589 (cf. Serrognathus titanus)
  • BOLD:ACG9590 (cf. Serrognathus titanus)
  • BOLD:ACG9701 (cf. Serrognathus titanus)
  • BOLD:ACG9702 (cf. Serrognathus titanus)
  • BOLD:ACG9703 (cf. Serrognathus titanus)
  • BOLD:ACG9799 (cf. Serrognathus titanus)
  • BOLD:ACG9972 (cf. Serrognathus titanus)
  • BOLD:ACG9973 (cf. Serrognathus titanus)
  • BOLD:ACG9974 (cf. Serrognathus titanus)
  • BOLD:ACG9990 (cf. Serrognathus titanus)
  • BOLD:ACG9991 (cf. Serrognathus titanus)
  • BOLD:AEA4279 (cf. Serrognathus titanus)
  • BOLD:AEA4916 (cf. Serrognathus titanus)
  • BOLD:AEA7644 (cf. Serrognathus titanus)

References

  1. ^ "BioLib.cz". Archived from the original on 2017-02-28. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
  2. ^ "The Breeding/Rearing of Dorcus titanus palawanicus by Kay - Ben's Beetle Breeding Pages". Archived from the original on 2021-04-11. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  3. "Serrognathus titanus titanus - Coleoptera-Atlas.com". www.coleoptera-atlas.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  4. "Serrognathus titanus (Boisduval, 1835)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
  • Mizunuma T. & Nagai S. (1994) The Lucanid Beetles of the World. Mushi-Sha's Iconographic Series of Insects, Ed. H. Fujita, Japan. Vol. I
  • Huang, H. & Chen, C.-C. 2013: Stag beetles of China II

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Taxon identifiers
Dorcus titanus
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