Locality: NEW ZEALAND AK, suburb of Saint Johns, St Johns Bush

Habitat: Native bush remnant (mixed with exotics near margin with college grounds). Under bark of rotten log. Same log as this observation. Several adults (both sexes, some teneral) were observed, plus a pupa probably of this species.

Identification: Syndesus cornutus (Fabricius, 1801). ID based on the literature (Holloway, 2007).

Photo 1: male

Photo 2: female

Photo 3: both specimens (male above, female below), with ruler for scale

REFERENCES
Holloway, B.A. 2007: Lucanidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). Fauna of New Zealand, (61) Extract and PDF [See p. 74, and Fig. 23, 33, 81, 128, 129, 397-400. Appendix 4. Map 20; redescription (female, male), based on examination of non-type material from N.Z. and Australia]