Lucanidae Latreille, 1804

Stag Beetles

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Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea
Family: Lucaninae

Stag beetles are a group of about 1,200 species of beetle in the family Lucanidae, presently classified in four subfamilies. Some species grow up to over 12 cm (4.8 in), but most are about 5 cm (2 in). Male stag beetles use their jaws to wrestle each other for favoured mating sites in a manner that parallels the way stags fight over females. Fights may also be over food, such as tree sap and decaying fruits. Despite their often fearsome appearance they are not normally aggressive to humans. Wikipedia

Subfamily: Lucaninae Latreille, 1804

Tribe: Cladognathini Parry, 1870

Genera: Prosopocoilus