DISTRIBUTION, CONSERVATION STATUS AND SOME FEATURES OF THE NATURAL HISTORY OF Dorcus STAG BEETLES (COLEOPTERA: LUCANIDAE) DISTRIBUTION, CONSERVATION STATUS AND SOME FEATURES OF THE NATURAL HISTORY OF Dorcus STAG BEETLES (COLEOPTERA: LUCANIDAE)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. SURVEY METHODS AND AREAS, CONSERVATION CATEGORIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3. RESULTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1 Mokohinau Islands Dorcus ithaginis 3.2 Mt Moehau Dorcus "Moehau" n.sp. 3.3 Coromandel Dorcus 3.4 Te Puru Dorcus 3.5 Mt Te Aroha Dorcus auriculatus 3.6 Miscellaneous surveys of the Coromandel 3.7 Harihari-Saltwater Dorcus helmsi 3.8 Chatham Islands 4. DISCUSSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1 Recommendations 5. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6. REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A description of "Stack H" stag beetle habitat, Mokohinau Islands APPENDIX 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IUCN definitions of species rarity used in assessing the Conservation Status of Dorcus stag beetles APPENDIX 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Details of search effort, dates and locations recorded searching for stag beetles APPENDIX 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Morphometrics of Dorcus stag beetles 1