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Kōrero: Hauraki–Coromandel region

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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Department of Conservation

Reference: 10050494

by Gregory H. Sherley

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Paul Monin, Hauraki–Coromandel region – Climate, plants and animals, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/30366/coromandel-fauna-moehau-stag-beetle (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Paul Monin, i tāngia i te 13 December 2010, updated 1 April 2016.