Prosopocoilus torresensisLife Cycle of Prosopocoilus torresensis
The species Prosopocoilus torresensis, genus Prosopocoilus, is a group of beetles in the family Lucanidae.
Prosopocoilus torresensis have distinctive orange bands on both sides of the pronotum and elytra. Current observations have found them in northern Queensland (from Mackay up the north coast) and the Top End of the Northern Territory (Darwin region and Tiwi Islands).
The larvae are found in rotting timber in rainforest regions. The adults are nocturnal and can sometimes be seen feeding on sap flows and fallen and rotting fruit.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Coleoptera
- Suborder: Polyphaga
- Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea
- Family: Lucanidae
- Subfamily:
- Aesalinae Macleay, 1819
- Lampriminae W.S. MacLeay, 1819
- Lucaninae Latreille, 1804
- Syndesinae Macleay, 1819
- Subfamily: Lucaninae
- Tribe: Lucanini
- Genus: Prosopocoilus
- Species: Prosopocoilus torresensis
Footnote & References
- Photographs Prosopocoilus torresensis © Hongming Kan
- Prosopocoilus torresensis (Deyrolle, 1870), Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Prosopocoilus torresensis
- Prosopocoilus torresensis, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/487397-Prosopocoilus-torresensis
Prosopocoilus torresensisLife Cycle of Prosopocoilus torresensis
LucanidaeLucanidae Index Lamprima aurata Lissapterus obesus Prosopocoilus torresensis
ColeopteraColeoptera Index Amarygmus sp Anoplognathus sp Aphanestes gymnopleura Aphanesthes succine Aporocera speciosa Atractocerus crassicornis Blackburnium cavicolle Buprestidae Carphurus Cerambycidae Chalcopteroides (Chalcopterus Beetle) Christmas Beetles Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles) Coleoptera (Beetles) Curculionidae Dicranolaius cinctus Dung Beetle Eretes australis Helea scaphiformis Hydrophilus Ladybirds (Beetles) Lepidiota Lucanidae Lycidae Malachiinae Mordellidae (Pintail Beetles) Neospades sp Omorgus Paropsine Beetle Paropsisterna sp Phorticosomus sp Protaetia fusca Pterohelaeus sp Rhinotia haemoptera Rhinotia suturalis Rhipiceridae Scarabaeidae Tenebrionidae Xylophilostenus octophyllus
InsectsInsects Life Cycle… Bees Beetles Blattodea Butterflies Coleoptera Cicada Crabronidae Diptera Dragonflies & Damselflies Formicidae Hemiptera Heteroptera Moths Neuroptera Orthoptera Orthopteroid Processionary Caterpillar Stink Bugs, Shield Bugs and Allies Wasps Water Scorpion (Laccotrephes tristis) Witchetty Grub
