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Home of the Database of Insects and their Food Plants © Roger Key Family   Lucanidae Sub Family   Description   stag beetles Background to Family   A family of wood-decay beetles with few representatives in Great Britain, but containing the well known stag beetle, Lucanus cervus. This is the largest native beetle. Lucanids feed as larvae, in microhabitats that vary according to species, in the heartwood of broadleaved trees (pine, Pinus, is recorded), and also in stumps and timber. Development normally occurs over several years. Adult L. cervus feed on fruit and sap.     © Roger Key No. taxa in DBIF   3 No. interactions   20 % interactions with British data   50% No. records   22 % taxa with British data   100% Notes   Data currently unassessed by a specialist for changes in nomenclature, new interactions, errors in original sources, and misspellings.; ; Notes on Sources   Most recent source   1985 Below is a list of all sources for this family / sub-family contained within DBIF. Click on source name for a list of all records for this source.   Source   Speight, M.(1985) Ir. Nat. J. 21:11 488-490:489 Source   Allen, A.A. (1984) Comments on 1954 edition of Coleopterist's Handbook :6 Source   Machatschke, J.W. in eds. Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (1969) Die kafer Mitteleuropas. 86. Familie Lucanidae 8 367-371:370 Source   Machatschke, J.W. in eds. Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (1969) Die kafer Mitteleuropas. 86. Familie Lucanidae 8 367-371:368 Source   Britton, E.B.(1956) Handbk Ident. Br. Insects V:11 1-29:6