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Apterocyclus palmatus Van Dyke, 1921
.....Apterocyclus honoluluensis palmatus Van Dyke, 1921: 47. (orig. comb.) ....
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A. palmatus Van Dyke, holotype male (CASC). Photo by M.J. Paulsen |
Distribution: USA: Hawai'i: Kauai I.
Abbott, J.C. & D. Petr. 1997. Rediscovery of Apterocyclus honoluluensis Waterhouse on Kauai (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Bishop Museum Occasional Papers. 49(2):71.
Taxonomy:
Paulsen, M.J. and D.C. Hawks. 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. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.433.8022
Van Dyke, E.C. 1922. A study of the lucanid Coleoptera of the Hawaiian Islands. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 5(1): 39-49.
Remarks:
This species has only been collected on one occasion in 1918, with only vague locality data. No recent specimens are known, and all five specimens are males. All aspects of the life history of this species require urgent study.
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