Prosopocoilus torresensisLife Cycle of Prosopocoilus torresensis

Photographs Hongming Kan ◦

Life cycle of Prosopocoilus torresensis, from mating, laying the eggs, through larva and pupa stages, to adult. This is the only species of stag beetles, where the female can reproduce without mating with a male.

Prosopocoilus torresensis (Lifecyle of), QLD © Hongming Kan
Prosopocoilus torresensis (mating), Cape York QLD © Hongming Kan
Prosopocoilus torresensis (Lifecyle of), QLD © Hongming Kan
Prosopocoilus torresensis (female laying eggs), Cape York QLD © Hongming Kan
Prosopocoilus torresensis (Lifecyle of), QLD © Hongming Kan
Prosopocoilus torresensis (egg), Cape York QLD © Hongming Kan
Prosopocoilus torresensis (Lifecyle of), QLD © Hongming Kan
Prosopocoilus torresensis (larva emerging from egg), Cape York QLD © Hongming Kan
Prosopocoilus torresensis (Lifecyle of), QLD © Hongming Kan
Prosopocoilus torresensis (larva stage), Cape York QLD © Hongming Kan
Prosopocoilus torresensis (Lifecyle of), QLD © Hongming Kan
Prosopocoilus torresensis (larva stage before pupa stage), Cape York QLD © Hongming Kan
Prosopocoilus torresensis (Lifecyle of), QLD © Hongming Kan
Prosopocoilus torresensis (pupa stage), Cape York QLD © Hongming Kan
Prosopocoilus torresensis (Lifecyle of), QLD © Hongming Kan
Prosopocoilus torresensis (pupa stage), Cape York QLD © Hongming Kan
Prosopocoilus torresensis, QLD © Hongming Kan
Prosopocoilus torresensis (young adult, female), Cape York QLD © Hongming Kan
Prosopocoilus torresensis, QLD © Hongming Kan
Prosopocoilus torresensis (adult male), Cape York QLD © Hongming Kan
  • 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

  1. Photographs Prosopocoilus torresensis © Hongming Kan
  2. Prosopocoilus torresensis (Deyrolle, 1870), Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/c07d43f6-27e2-4e57-b150-0cffe96fa23d
  3. Prosopocoilus torresensis, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/487397-Prosopocoilus-torresensis

Prosopocoilus torresensisLife Cycle of Prosopocoilus torresensis

LucanidaeLamprima aurata Prosopocoilus torresensis

ColeopteraAmarygmus sp Anoplognathus sp Aphanestes gymnopleura Buprestidae Cerambycidae Coleoptera (Beetles) Curculionidae Digitonthophagus gazella Dung Beetle Eretes australis Helea scaphiformis Johannica gemellata (Pandorea Leaf Beetle) Ladybirds (Beetles) Lepidiota Lucanidae Neospades sp Lycidae Omorgus Paropsine Beetle Paropsisterna sp Pittosporum Leaf Beetle (Lamprolina impressicollis) Protaetia fusca Pterohelaeus sp Rhipiceridae Scarabaeidae Xylophilostenus octophyllus

InsectsBees Beetles Blattodea Butterflies Coleoptera Cicada Crabronidae Diptera Dragonflies & Damselflies Formicidae Hemiptera Heteroptera (True Bugs) Mango Planthopper Moths Orthoptera Orthopteroid Processionary Caterpillar Stink Bugs, Shield Bugs and Allies Syrphidae Wasps Water Scorpion (Laccotrephes tristis) Witchetty Grub