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Prosopocoilus antilope

Prosopocoilus antilope
Prosopocoilus antilope from São Tomé Island. Male and female
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Lucanidae
Genus: Prosopocoilus
Species:
P. antilope
Binomial name
Prosopocoilus antilope
(Swederus, 1787)
Synonyms
  • Prosopocoilus antilopus

Prosopocoilus antilope is a species of beetles of the family Lucanidae.

Description

Prosopocoilus antilope can reach a length of about 23–47 millimetres (0.91–1.85 in) in males, of about 21–27 millimetres (0.83–1.06 in) in females.

Distribution

This species occurs in Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Tanzania.

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