Male (foreground) and female Hexarthrius parryi. The male is 70 mm (2.8 in) long.
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Lucanidae
Tribe:
Lucanini
Genus:
Hexarthrius Hope, 1842
Type species
Hexarthrius parryi
Hope, 1842[1]
Hexarthrius is a genus of large stag beetles. They are also known as fork horned stag beetles for the shape for their mandibles[2] It includes the following species:[3]
^Benjamin Harink. "Genus: Hexarthrius, Rhaetulus, Rhaetus, Pseudorhaetus, Digonophorus ". Ben's Beetle Breeding Homepage. Archived from the original on 2012-04-02.
Hexarthrius parryi, the fighting giant stag beetle, is a species of large stag beetles. It belongs to the genus Hexarthrius of the tribe Lucanini. It...
Hexarthrius mandibularis mandibularis Deyrolle, 1881 This subspecies grows to a maximum length of 115 mm. It is indigenous to Kalimantan. Hexarthrius...
genus are found in South and South-East Asia. Benjamin Harink. "Genus: Hexarthrius, Rhaetulus, Rhaetus, Pseudorhaetus, Digonophorus". Ben's Beetle Breeding...