This is a full-color reference book presenting the taxonomic research results on stag beetles in China. Written by a Chinese research team, it is a systematic overview covering 34 genera and 369 species (excluding subspecies) and includes scientific names. It covers more than 90% of the stag beetles recorded in China.
The book is divided into 3 major chapters:
Basics of stag beetles: scientific names, body structure, biological characteristics, and general information.
Taxonomic system: relationships among subfamilies, classification, recent studies and discussions on the subspecies concept, and proposals for standardizing Chinese names.
Taxonomic overview of Chinese stag beetles: details of geographic distribution and male/female morphological features for 34 genera and 369 species in the subfamilies Lucaninae, Sinolucaninae, and Aesalinae.
This is a full-color reference book presenting the taxonomic research results on stag beetles in China. Written by a Chinese research team, it is a systematic overview covering 34 genera and 369 species (excluding subspecies) and includes scientific names. It covers more than 90% of the stag beetles recorded in China.
The book is divided into 3 major chapters: