Lissotes contortus MOORE MS NAME (a species of stag-beetle)
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea
Family: Lucanidae
Subfamily: Lucaninae
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 17
Flightedness: functionally flightless
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: wood-feeder
Association with dead wood or old trees: obligately saproxylic
