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Stag beetle, approx. 4cm long, yet to search for sp.
Sub-alpine Woodland
Spotted on Dec 29, 2014
Submitted on Dec 29, 2014
5 Comments
The elbowed antennae place it into Lucanidae, as you suspected.
This link is a good place to start. https://sites.google.com/site/insectsoft...
I'm not really in the knowing about beetles but general shape of parts is similar to some Carabidae, couldn't find anything specific though.
Agree with Lucanidae, but no IDeas about the genus, though...
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/22953763@N...
http://flickrhivemind.net/Tags/australia...
Maybe Carabidae (Ground beetles) ?
Nice beetle !