Dorcus taurus is a species of beetle belonging to the family Lucanidae which was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1801.[2]
| Dorcus taurus | |
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| Dorcus taurus gyphaetus from Java | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Lucanidae |
| Genus: | Dorcus |
| Species: | D. taurus
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| Binomial name | |
| Dorcus taurus (Fabricius, 1801)
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Description edit
Dorcus taurus reaches a length of about 50–60 millimetres (2.0–2.4 in) in males and about 40–45 millimetres (1.6–1.8 in) in females. In males the head is large with large jaws. The head and the pronotum are dark brown, while elytra are clearer.
Distribution edit
Dorcus taurus can be found in Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia .
Subspecies edit
Species and subspecies of the genus Serrognathus were recently reclassified and merged into the genus Dorcus as follows:[1][3][4]
- Dorcus taurus borneensis Hughes Bomans, 1993 – Borneo
- Dorcus taurus cribriceps (Chevrolat, 1841) – Luzón, Negros, Mindoro and Mindanao
- Dorcus taurus gypaetus (Laporte de Castelnau, 1840) – Java
- Dorcus taurus jampeanus (Mizunuma in Mizunuma and Shinji Nagai, 1994) – Sulawesi
- Dorcus taurus moinieri (Lacroix, 1983)
- Dorcus taurus taurus (Fabricius, 1801) – Sumatra and Malay Peninsula
References edit
- ^ a b "Serrognathus taurus (Fabricius, 1801)". BioLib.cz. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
- ^ Universal Biological Indexer Retrieved January 10, 2015.
- ^ Hallan, Joel Synopsis of the described Coleoptera of the World Biology Catalog of Texas A&M University. Retrieved January 10, 2015. Archived December 30, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Bio-nica.info Retrieved January 10, 2015.
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