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Lissotes latidens Westwood, 1871 (broad-toothed stag-beetle)

Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
Semmens, T.D., McQuillan, P.B. & Hayhurst, G. (1992). Catalogue of the Insects of Tasmania. Government of Tasmania: Department of Primary Industry, 104 pp.

TMAG collections

Classification
Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea

Family: Lucanidae

Subfamily: Lucaninae

Morphology
Typical length (mm): 16
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

Ecological attributes: — Affiliated with late-aged (ex-clearfelled) forest (Michaels, 1999) — Found in logging-regenerated and mature (unlogged) forest (Michaels & Bornemissza, 1999) — Found under large logs (Grove et al., 2006).

Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Hand collection from leaf litter — Hand collection from under log (tree species not specified) — Hand collection from under log of Eucalyptus sp..

Source ecological literature:
Grove, S.J. et al. (2006). What lives under large logs in Tasmanian eucalypt forest? Tas. Nat. 128: 86-93.
Meggs, J.M. & Munks, S.A. (2003). Distribution, habitat characteristics and conservation requirements of a forest-dependent threatened invertebrate Lissotes latidens (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). J. Insect Cons. 7 (3): 137-153.
Meggs, J.M. (1998). Surveys for Lissotes latidens (broad-toothed stag beetle) in priority coupes on the Forestier and Tasman Peninsulas. Hobart: Forestry Tasmania and the Forest Practices Board.
Meggs, J.M. (1999). Distribution, habitat characteristics and conservation requirements of the broad-toothed stag beetle Lissotes latidens (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Forest Practices Board and For. Tas., 50 pages.
Meggs, J.M. (2003). Threatened stag beetles in Tasmania’s production forests: single-species studies contributing to biodiversity conservation. Msc thesis, Univ. of Tasmania, Hobart, 122 pages.
Michaels, K.F. & Bornemissza, G. (1999). Effects of clearfell harvesting on lucanid beetles (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) in wet and dry sclerophyll forests in Tasmania. J. Insect Cons. 3: 85-95.
Michaels, K.F. (1999a). Carabid beetles as biodiversity and ecological indicators. PhD thesis, Univ. of Tasmania, Hobart.

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