Apterocyclus munroi
Apterocyclus munroi is a species of stag beetle in the family Lucanidae. It was found on the island of Kauai in the Hawaiian Islands in 1897.[2][3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Lucanidae |
| Subfamily: | Lucaninae |
| Tribe: | Lucanini |
| Genus: | Apterocyclus |
| Species: | A. munroi |
| Binomial name | |
| Apterocyclus munroi Sharp, 1908[1] | |
Four specimens of Apterocyclus munroi were collected on Kauai in 1897, and the species description was published in 1908. No specimens have been identified since 1897, and the species may now be extinct.[3][1]
References
- Sharp, D.; Scott, H. "Part 5, Coleoptera". Fauna Hawaiiensis, or the zoology of the Sandwich (Hawaiian) Isles. 3. pp. 367–579.
- "Apterocyclus munroi". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-10-18.
- Paulsen, M. J.; Hawks, David C. (2014). "A review of the primary types of the Hawaiian stag beetle genus Apterocyclus Waterhouse (Coleoptera, Lucanidae, Lucaninae), with the description of a new species". ZooKeys (433): 77–88. doi:10.3897/zookeys.433.8022. PMC 4141180. PMID 25152674.
Further reading
- Paulsen, M. J. (2013). "Annotated checklist of the New World Lucanidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea)". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
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