Contribution to the Knowledge of the Australian Stag Beetles, with Description of a New Species of Lissotes Westwood, 1855 (Coleoptera: Lucanidae)

Lissotes krakei Bartolozzi, de Keyzer, and Zilioli, new species, is described from the Victorian Alps of Australia. The new taxon is closely related to Lissotes darlingtoni Benesh, 1943 and Lissotes furcicornis Westwood, 1871 from which it differs in the shape of the male head and mandibles, the fem...

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Published in:The Coleopterists bulletin 2014-09, Vol.68 (3), p.345-350
Main Authors: Bartolozzi, Luca, Keyzer, Roger De, Zilioli, Michele
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Beetles
Biological taxonomies
Coleoptera
females
Forest conservation
Forestry
Habitat conservation
head
Holotypes
key
Lucanidae
Male animals
males
New species
Stag beetles
State forests
taxonomy
Victorian Alps
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Summary:Lissotes krakei Bartolozzi, de Keyzer, and Zilioli, new species, is described from the Victorian Alps of Australia. The new taxon is closely related to Lissotes darlingtoni Benesh, 1943 and Lissotes furcicornis Westwood, 1871 from which it differs in the shape of the male head and mandibles, the female canthus, and the punctation and shape of the head and pronotum of both sexes. An updated list of the species in Lissotes Westwood inhabiting mainland Australia is given, and a key for their identification is included.
ISSN:0010-065X
1938-4394
DOI:10.1649/072.068.0301