Lissotes crenatus Westwood, 1855 (a species of stag-beetle)

Basis for Tasmanian occurrence

Hangay, G. & de Keyzer, R. (2017). A guide to stag beetles of Australia. Clayton, VIC: CSIRO publishing, 245 pp.

Classification

Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea

Family: Lucanidae

Subfamily: Lucaninae

Morphology

Typical length (mm): 13
Flightedness: functionally flightless

Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
Hangay, G. & de Keyzer, R. (2017). A guide to stag beetles of Australia. Clayton, VIC: CSIRO publishing, 245 pp.

Ecology

Assumed larval feeding: wood-feeder
Association with dead wood or old trees: obligately saproxylic