Lissotes vanderschoori (a species of stag-beetle)
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea
Family: Lucanidae
Subfamily: Lucaninae
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 17
Flightedness: functionally flightless
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
Association with dead wood or old trees: obligately saproxylic
Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Hand collection (substrate not specified).
