Taxonomic study on the subspecies of Cyclommatus metallifer (Boisduval, 1835) from Indonesia (Coleoptera: Lucanidae)
Author(s) -
Eun Joong Kim,
Jinyoung Park,
Jong Kyun Park
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of asia-pacific biodiversity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.396
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2287-9544
pISSN - 2287-884X
DOI - 10.1016/j.japb.2017.08.007
Subject(s) - subspecies , zoology , synonym (taxonomy) , biology , identification key , identification (biology) , key (lock) , taxonomy (biology) , geography , ecology , genus
The lucanid beetles of the subspecies of Cyclommatus metallifer from Indonesia are revised here. Five subspecies are known from Indonesia. Among them, Cyclommatus metallifer otanii Mizunuma and Nagai was confirmed to be a synonym of Cyclommatus metallifer aenomicans Parry. Moreover, a new subspecies, Cyclommatus metallifer butonensis ssp. nov., is described from Buton Island of Indonesia. The identification key, distributional data, photos of adults, genitalia, and figures for each subspecies are provided. Keywords: Coleoptera, Cyclommatus metallifer, Indonesia, Lucanidae, new subspecie
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