Dorcus rectus, the little stag beetle, is a species of beetles in the family Lucanidae. It can be found in China(Liaoning), Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Russia.[2][3] These beetles have a distinctive red shell that separates them from Dorcus curvidens. Males of this species have been observed to have mandible trimorphism,[1] a characteristic that has only been described in two species of Lucanidae—with the other one being Odontolabis cuvera—"and a small number of other invertebrates" as of 2017.[4] The mandibles are used by males as weapons.[4]
^ abIguchi, Yutaka (2013). "Male mandible trimorphism in the stag beetle Dorcus rectus (Coleoptera: Lucanidae)". European Journal of Entomology. 110 (1): 159–163. doi:10.14411/eje.2013.022.
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^Matsuoka, Norimasa; Hosoya, Tadatsugu; Hamaya, Tsuyoshi; Abe, Azuma (February 1998). "Phylogenetic Relationships Among Four Species of Stag Beetles (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) Based on Allozymes". Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 119 (2): 401. doi:10.1016/S0305-0491(97)00366-0. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
^ abMatsumoto, Keita; Knell, Robert (December 1, 2017). "Diverse and complex male polymorphisms in Odontolabis stag beetles (Coleoptera: Lucanidae)". Scientific Reports. 7 (1): 16733. Bibcode:2017NatSR...716733M. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-17115-5. PMC 5711891. PMID 29196728.
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