Ceruchus lignarius Lewis, 1883

Huang, Hao, Imura, Yûki & Chen, Chang-Chin, 2011, Notes on the genus Ceruchus MacLeay from China, with the description of a new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Lucanidae), Zootaxa 2906, pp. 1-42 : 12

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.277719

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6190769

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scientific name

Ceruchus lignarius Lewis, 1883
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10. Ceruchus lignarius Lewis, 1883 View in CoL

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Specimens examined. JAPAN: Hokkaido: 13 & 1Ƥ (CCCC), Yubari, 8.XI.2004, K. Nakamura leg.; Honshu: 13 & 1Ƥ (CCCC), Yamanashi, 18.V.1997, S. Horaguchi leg.; Kyushu: 13 & 1Ƥ (CCCC), Kumamoto, 11.X.1997, T. Mori leg. (33 & 3ƤƤ dissected).

Comparative morphology. The goal of this work is not to discuss the geographical variations of the Japanese subspecies of Ceruchus lignarius , therefore the three subspecies are not treated separately. All characters investigated are applicable to all the three subspecies. Ceruchus lignarius possesses at least eight peculiar characters ( Tables 1–2), which are not shared by any Chinese species.

Distribution. Restricted to Japan.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Lucanidae

Genus

Ceruchus

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