Cyclommatus metallifer
Cyclommatus metallifer is a species of stag beetle in the family Lucanidae.[1] There is sexual dimorphism within the species. Males are generally larger in size and have enlarged mandibles.
| Cyclommatus metallifer | |
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| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Coleoptera | 
| Family: | Lucanidae | 
| Genus: | Cyclommatus | 
| Species: | C. metallifer  | 
| Binomial name | |
| Cyclommatus metallifer (Boisduval, 1835)  | |
Subspecies
    
These seven subspecies belong to the species Cyclommatus metallifer:
- Cyclommatus metallifer aeneomicans Parry, 1862- Halmahera island and Bacan island
 - Cyclommatus metallifer butonensis Kim, Park & Park, 2017- Buton island
 - Cyclommatus metallifer finae Mizunuma & Nagai, 1991- Peleng island
 - Cyclommatus metallifer isogaii Mizunuma & Nagai, 1991- Sula Peninsula
 - Cyclommatus metallifer metallifer- Sulawesi
 - Cyclommatus metallifer otanii Mizunuma & Nagai, 1991- Morotai island
 - Cyclommatus metallifer sangirensis Mizunuma & Nagai, 1991- Sangihe island
 
References
    
- "Cyclommatus metallifer". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
 
Further reading
    
- Paulsen, M. J. (2013). "Annotated checklist of the New World Lucanidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea)". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
 - Gotoh, Hiroki; Zinna, Robert A.; Warren, Ian; DeNieu, Michael; Niimi, Teruyuki; Dworkin, Ian; Emlen, Douglas J.; Miura, Toru; Lavine, Laura C. (22 March 2016). "Identification and functional analyses of sex determination genes in the sexually dimorphic stag beetle Cyclommatus metallifer". BMC Genomics. 17. doi:10.1186/s12864-016-2522-8. PMC 4802893. PMID 27001106.
 
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