Rhaetulus
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| Rhaetulus | |
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| Rhaetulus didieri | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Superfamily: | Scarabaeoidea |
| Family: | Lucanidae |
| Subfamily: | Lucaninae |
| Genus: | Rhaetulus Westwood, 1871 |
Rhaetulus is a genus of Asian stag beetles in the subfamily Lucaninae and now placed in the monogeneric tribe Rhaethulini Miwa, 1931; it was originally erected by John Westwood in 1871.[1] Species have been recorded from China, Indochina, Taiwan and certain other Pacific islands.[2]
