Aegus chelifer MACLEAY 1819

Madl, M. & Matyot, P., 2012, Notes on Lucanidae of the Republic of Seychelles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Linzer biologische Beiträge 44 (2), pp. 1215-1220 : 1216

Aegus chelifer MACLEAY 1819

Aegus chelifer MACLEAY 1819 : CARPANETO et al. 2010: 174 (biol., Mahé, Cerf, Ile du Nord, Praslin, La Digue), 175 (fig. 1), 176 (fig. 2), 177 (tax., biol.).

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Mahé: Victoria, Hermitage 1 23.5.2003 leg. P. Matyot – Victoria, La Rosière 2 Decembre 2003 leg. P. Matyot – Anse aux Pins, La Roussette 1 10.5.2003, 1 22.3.2011 leg. M. Madl.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Inner Seychelles: Mahé, Cerf, Ile du Nord, Praslin, La Digue.

Aegus chelifer is widely distributed in the Oriental Region. This species arrived in Seychelles probably some years before 2003. The hypothesis put forward by CARPANETO et al. (2010: 177), according to which the species may arrived in flotsam deposited by the December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami is therefore not borne out. In the vicinity of Victoria on Mahé often lands near artificial lighting at night, especially after rain.