Aegognathus waterhousei

Description

Aegognathus waterhousei is a species of beetle. It was first described by Leuthner in 1883. Aegognathus waterhousei belongs to the genus Aegognathus, and family Lucanidae. Aegognathus is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Deer beetles (Lucanidae) in the group Scarabaeoidea. It lives in South America. Small to medium-sized (15–25 millimeters), dark deer beetles. The male usually has greatly enlarged jaws that are curved with a long tooth on the inside, so that they become antler-like. The body is matte black, often with orange to brownish-red markings, especially on the pronotum. The genus has a two-part distribution: in the Andes from Colombia in the north to Peru in the south, and in southeastern Brazil.