Prosopocoilus giraffa
The giraffe stag beetle (Prosopocoilus giraffa) is the world's largest saw-tooth stag beetle with long and sharp jaws, also is one of the largest stag beetles in the world. It lives in wide range of Asia - from India to Indonesia. Aggressive, fierce and powerful, it fights using its muscular jaws. It is up to 119 millimetres in length. Body color is typically determined by habitat.
| Giraffe stag beetle | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Prosopocoilus giraffa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | |
| Phylum: | |
| Class: | |
| Order: | |
| Family: | |
| Genus: | |
| Species: | P. giraffa |
| Binomial name | |
| Prosopocoilus giraffa Olivier, 1789 | |
List of subspecies
- Prosopocoilus giraffa borobudur Mizunuma et Nagai, 1991 (Java)
- Prosopocoilus giraffa daisukei Mizunuma et Nagai, 1991 (Philippines - Negros, Sibuyan Is.)
- Prosopocoilus giraffa keisukei Mizunuma et Nagai, 1991 (Flores Is., Lombok Is.)
- Prosopocoilus giraffa makatai Mizunuma et Nagai, 1991 (Philippines - Mindoro, Luzon)
- Prosopocoilus giraffa nilgiriensis Mizunuma et Nagai, 1991 (S. India)
- Prosopocoilus giraffa nishikawai Mizunuma et Nagai, 1991 (Sangir Is.)
- Prosopocoilus giraffa nishiyamai Mizunuma et Nagai, 1991 (Sulawesi)
- Prosopocoilus giraffa timorensis Mizunuma et Nagai, 1991 (Timor Is.)
gollark: It can't interact with stuff outside the game (except internet cards), and you can edit, download, and do whatever else to it from within an OC computer.
gollark: This does *not* run "outside the game".
gollark: You can write software, in the form of Lua scripts, for OpenComputers computers.
gollark: Are you deliberately ignoring everything we have repeatedly and fairly clearly said?
gollark: You don't need software to run alongside it.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.