Japanese Rusty Stag Beetle

來源: Dorcus - Wikipedia (JA; subgenus Velutinodorcus; range, size, the soil-covered hairs and mandible structure of Dorcus japonicus) / Lucanidae - Wikipedia (JA; distribution across the Nansei islands, placing Dorcus japonicus on Tokunoshima) / GBIF species page for Dorcus japonicus Nakane & Makino, 1985 (original description and specimen localities) / BE-KUWA Certified Breeding Records (Mushi-sha, FY2025 edition PDF, JA)

記錄來源: BE-KUWA 2025 edition, captive records for medium and large Japanese stag beetles (Japanese rusty stag: captive 29.0 mm, registered 2024; dream maximum 32 mm; wild 26.2 mm, Masashi Hosoguchi). The same edition's small-specimen table lists a captive 14.1 mm (2019) and a wild 17.7 mm (Tsuneyoshi Kizaki, 2010).

All 32 specimen records held by GBIF are from Kagoshima Prefecture, and those with a named locality come only from places on Tokunoshima such as Isen and Amagi.

來源: BE-KUWA Certified Breeding Records (Mushi-sha, FY2025 edition PDF, JA) / GBIF occurrence records for Dorcus japonicus (localities)

國內法規: The species is endemic to Tokunoshima, an island within Amami Gunto National Park and inside the World Natural Heritage site 'Amami-Oshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, Northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island'. Inside a national park's special zones the Natural Parks Act requires permission to take animals or plants, and local authorities at collecting sites may restrict collecting by ordinance. The beetle is not designated as a National Endangered Species under the Act on Conservation of Endangered Species; among the Lucanidae only Neolucanus insulicola donan, Neolucanus okinawanus and Neolucanus protogenetivus hamaii are listed. What circulates is chiefly captive-bred stock, and anyone handling wild-caught beetles must check the rules for the collecting site.

來源: CITES 附錄（checklist.cites.org） / 日本環境省 國內稀少野生動植物種一覽 / e-Gov 日本《自然公園法》 / 日本環境省 奄美群島國立公園

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