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Rhaetulus

Rhaetulus is a genus of Asian stag beetles in the subfamily Lucaninae and now placed in the monogeneric tribe Rhaethulini Miwa, 1931; it was originally erected by John Westwood in 1871. Species have been recorded from China, Indochina, Taiwan and certain other Pacific islands.

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Rhaetulus
Rhaetulus didieri
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea
Family: Lucanidae
Subfamily: Lucaninae
Genus: Rhaetulus
Westwood, 1871

Rhaetulus is a genus of Asian stag beetles in the subfamily Lucaninae and now placed in the monogeneric tribe Rhaethulini Miwa, 1931; it was originally erected by John Westwood in 1871.1 Species have been recorded from China, Indochina, Taiwan and certain other Pacific islands.2

Species

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists:2

  1. Rhaetulus crenatus Westwood, 1871
  2. Rhaetulus didieri de Lisle, 1970
  3. Rhaetulus maii Maeda, 2009
  4. Rhaetulus speciosus Boileau, 1911
  5. Rhaetulus recticornis Kurosawa, 1964
References

References

  1. Westwood JO (1871) Descriptions of some new species of exotic Lucanidae. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London: 353-374. Available here
  2. Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Rhaetulus Westwood, 1871 (retrieved 26 January 2026)
External links
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