A Giant Stag Beetle in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (7/4/2018).
A Giant Stag Beetle in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (6/16/2019).
Giant Stag Beetle in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (6/21/2020). (c) jtylerbell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Giant Stag Beetle in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (6/21/2020). (c) jtylerbell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Two male Giant Stag Beetles in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (7/7/2016).
Giant Stag Beetle found by Oliver Moritz in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (7/6/2022). (c) jtylerbell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
A male Giant Stag Beetle in Charles Co., Maryland (6/17/2023).
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A Giant Stag Beetle in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (7/7/2019).
Giant Stag Beetle found by Oliver Moritz in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (7/6/2022). (c) jtylerbell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
A male Giant Stag Beetle in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (7/9/2020).
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Giant Stag Beetle in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (7/27/2020). (c) jtylerbell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Giant Stag Beetle in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (7/27/2020). (c) jtylerbell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Giant Stag Beetle in Charles Co., Maryland (11/24/2020). (c) Tim Emhoff, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Giant Stag Beetle in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (6/29/2022). (c) jtylerbell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
A female Giant Stag Beetle in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (8/2/2020). (c) jtylerbell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Giant Stag Beetle in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (6/30/2023). (c) jtylerbell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
A female Giant Stag Beetle in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (7/24/2016). Verified by Blaine Mathison/BugGuide.
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A Giant Stag Beetle in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (6/17/2017).
Giant Stag Beetle in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (7/5/2020). (c) jtylerbell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Giant Stag Beetle in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (7/27/2020). (c) jtylerbell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
A female Giant Stag Beetle in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (8/2/2020). (c) jtylerbell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Giant Stag Beetle in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (7/5/2020). (c) jtylerbell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
A male Giant Stag Beetle in Dorchester Co., Maryland (6/21/2017).
Giant Stag Beetle in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (6/16/2022). (c) jtylerbell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Giant Stag Beetle in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (7/22/2023). (c) janekostenko, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Giant Stag Beetle in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (7/22/2023). (c) janekostenko, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Giant Stag Beetle in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (7/15/2023). (c) jtylerbell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
A Giant Stag Beetle found by Oliver Moritz in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (7/6/2022). (c) jtylerbell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Giant Stag Beetle in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (7/19/2022). (c) jtylerbell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
A Giant Stag Beetle in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (6/12/2020).
A female Giant Stag Beetle in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (8/2/2020). (c) jtylerbell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Giant Stag Beetle in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (7/6/2023). (c) jtylerbell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Giant Stag Beetle in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (7/6/2023). (c) jtylerbell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Giant Stag Beetle in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (7/22/2023). (c) janekostenko, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
A Giant Stag Beetle in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (7/4/2018).
A Giant Stag Beetle in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (7/4/2018).
Giant Stag Beetle in Charles Co., Maryland (11/24/2020). (c) Tim Emhoff, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Status
Staines' 1984 checklist listed the species from St. Mary’s and Somerset Counties, but most recent records we know of have come from St. Mary's County. We also received records from Charles County and Dorchester County (June 2017). It might be found in Calvert or other lower Eastern Shore counties as well. Maryland DNR lists the species as "status uncertain", meaning that it may be of special concern, but there has not been enough data collected to determine the status in Maryland. Found in deciduous forests in the eastern U.S.
Description
Males are massive with distinctive, elongated mandibles. Females can be identified via shape of the labrum (central area between the mandibles), which is "only pointed and triangular in females of this species. Females of L. capreolus or L. placidus have this structure blunt and truncated (never pointed)" (MJ Paulsen via BugGuide, 2006).
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Source: Wikipedia
| Lucanus elaphus | |
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| Adult male Lucanus elaphus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Lucanidae |
| Genus: | Lucanus |
| Species: | L. elaphus
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| Binomial name | |
| Lucanus elaphus Fabricius, 1775
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Lucanus elaphus, the giant stag beetle[1] or elephant stag beetle,[2] is a beetle of the family Lucanidae native to eastern North America.[3][4] They are sometimes kept as pets.
Etymology
[edit]Elaphus in Greek means "deer".[5] Compare with the Red Deer (Cervus elaphus), 'cervus' meaning 'deer' in Latin.
Gallery
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Differences in size of Lucanus elaphus -
Adult female Lucanus elaphus, 29 millimeters long -
Adult male Lucanus elaphus -
Mandibles of male Lucanus elaphus -
Adult female Lucanus elaphus, 29 millimeters long -
Underside of adult female
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References
[edit]- ^ a b NatureServe (4 August 2023). "Lucanus elaphus". NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ^ Milne, Lorus; Milne, Margery (1980). The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Insects and Spiders. Visual key by Susan Rayfield. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. p. 552. ISBN 0-394-50763-0.
- ^ "Lucanus elaphus". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- ^ Staines, C. L. (2001). "Distribution of Lucanus elaphus Linnaeus (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) in North America". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 55 (4): 397–404. doi:10.1649/0010-065X(2001)055[0397:DOLELC]2.0.CO;2.
- ^ LSJ.
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