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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Stag Beetles (Lucanidae) » Lucaninae » Lucanini » Lucanus » Giant Stag Beetle (Lucanus elaphus)
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Elephant Stag Beetle - Lucanus elaphus - male
Copyright © 2013 Afanasii

Elephant Stag Beetle - Lucanus elaphus - Male
Sardis, Saline County, Arkansas, USA
July 9, 2010
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Contributed by Afanasii on 18 September, 2013 - 11:46pm
Last updated 19 September, 2013 - 7:51am

i wonder what is elephanty about it...
Moved from Stag Beetles.
… v belov, 19 September, 2013 - 7:50am login or register to post comments

 
I think it is because the man
I think it is because the mandibles resemble the antlers of the red deer, Cervus elaphus.
… Todd Lawton, 19 September, 2013 - 8:33am login or register to post comments

 
oh! never crossed my mind...
dunno if ἔλαφος ('deer') is related to ἐλέφας ('elephant'), but it might be
… v belov, 19 September, 2013 - 8:48am login or register to post comments

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