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Brasilucanus acomus Ratcliffe, 1984.
Brasilucanus acomus Ratcliffe, 1984: 63. (orig. comb.)
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B. acomus Ratcliffe, female. Photo by M.J. Paulsen |
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Distribution
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Distribution: Neotropical South America: Amazonas, Brazil; Loreto, Peru.
Biology, Biogeography:
Ratcliffe, B.C. 1984. A review of the Penichrolucaninae with analyses of phylogeny and biogeography and description of a second New World species from the Amazon Basin (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Quaestiones Entomologicae. 20: 60-87.
Remarks:
Brasilucanus species are hypothesized to live in ant or termite nests due to the extreme reduction in some structures (especially tarsi), and the greatly flattened and expanded legs that allow these beetles to become compacted (Ratcliffe 1984).
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