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Coromandel fauna: Moehau stag beetle

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Coromandel fauna: Moehau stag beetle

This stag beetle (Geordorcussp. ‘Moehau’) is only known from the Moehau Range, where its habitat is moist patches under rocks and rotting logs. It is flightless and is about 2.5 centimetres long.

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Paul Monin, Hauraki–Coromandel region – Climate, plants and animals, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/30366/coromandel-fauna-moehau-stag-beetle (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Paul Monin, published 13 December 2010, updated 1 April 2016.