Leptinopterus tibialis

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Scarabaeiformia
Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Lucanidae
Subfamilia: Lucaninae
Genus: Leptinopterus
Species: Leptinopterus tibialis
Name

Leptinopterus tibialis (Eschscholtz, 1822)
Synonymy

Lucanus tibialis Eschscholtz, 1822 (original combination)
Leptinopterus rotundicollis Lüderwaldt, 1930: 124 [Grossi, 2009: 33 (new synonymy)]
Leptinopterus luederwaldti de Moraes in Lüderwaldt, 1935: 506 [Grossi, 2009: 33 (new synonymy)]

References
Primary references
Additional references

Grossi, P.C. 2009. Description of two new species of Leptinopterus Hope (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae) with notes on the taxonomy and natural history of the genus. Zootaxa 2172: 32–44. Abstract & excerpt Reference page.

Leptinopterus tibialis is a species of beetles belonging to the family Lucanidae.

Description

Leptinopterus tibialis can reach a length of about 14–38 millimetres (0.55–1.50 in) in the males, about 15–18 millimetres (0.59–0.71 in) in the females. Males have well-developed mandibles, with several teeth of various sizes in the interior edges.
Distribution

This quite rare species occurs in Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.
References

Grossi, P.C. 2009: Description of two new species of Leptinopterus Hope (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae) with notes on the taxonomy and natural history of the genus. Zootaxa, 2172: 32–44. Abstract & excerpt
Biolib
Synopsis of the described Coleoptera of the World