The habitus of the third instar larva of (a) Prosopocoilus oweni and (b) Nigidius sinicus (scale bar = 5 mm), and the venter of the last abdominal segment of the third instar larva of (c) P. oweni and (d)Ni. sinicus (scale bar = 1 mm). A ring of long and fine setae is present at the middle portion of the last abdominal segment of Ni. sinicus but absent in P. oweni and other species of lucanids in Hong Kong. The larvae of P. oweni are characterised by the presence of coarse, short and sparsely spaced setae on the raster. [Color figure can be viewed at wileyonlinelibrary.com]

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... continued until all lucanids were collected from the wood (unless the time for searching exceeded 2 h). The larvae collected were photographed using a single-lens reflex macro camera (Nikon D600 AF-S MICRO NIKKOR 105 mm 1:2:8G ED) and identified to species level according to the setal arrangement on the venter of the last abdominal segments (Fig. 2). To further confirm, the larvae were reared to adulthood by feeding them with wood debris harvested from the occupied wood in which the larvae were collected. All successfully reared beetles were released back to the respective collection sites after they reached maturity. Sexual maturity of adults was defined by their natural ...

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... only one transect recorded both lucanid species. One, 11 and 13 wood fragments with P. oweni were classified, respectively, as decay class II, III and IV, while all Ni. sinicus were harvested from wood with decay class IV. The identities of all successfully emerged lucanids matched with that derived from the proposed identification method (Fig. 2). With regards to the occupied wood species identification, only five logs containing P. oweni were successfully identified. They include two Machilus chekiangensis (Lee), one Cinnamomum camphora (L.) and one Elaeocarpus sylvestris (Lour.), in which the first two belong to the family Lauraceae and the later belongs to the family ...

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... continued until all lucanids were collected from the wood (unless the time for searching exceeded 2 h). The larvae collected were photographed using a single-lens reflex macro camera (Nikon D600 AF-S MICRO NIKKOR 105 mm 1:2:8G ED) and identified to species level according to the setal arrangement on the venter of the last abdominal segments (Fig. 2). To further confirm, the larvae were reared to adulthood by feeding them with wood debris harvested from the occupied wood in which the larvae were collected. All successfully reared beetles were released back to the respective collection sites after they reached maturity. Sexual maturity of adults was defined by their natural ...

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... only one transect recorded both lucanid species. One, 11 and 13 wood fragments with P. oweni were classified, respectively, as decay class II, III and IV, while all Ni. sinicus were harvested from wood with decay class IV. The identities of all successfully emerged lucanids matched with that derived from the proposed identification method (Fig. 2). With regards to the occupied wood species identification, only five logs containing P. oweni were successfully identified. They include two Machilus chekiangensis (Lee), one Cinnamomum camphora (L.) and one Elaeocarpus sylvestris (Lour.), in which the first two belong to the family Lauraceae and the later belongs to the family ...