title: Dorcus taurus
text: # Dorcus taurus
  
  Dorcus taurus is a species of beetle belonging to the family Lucanidae which was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1801.
  
  ## Description
  
  Dorcus taurus reaches a length of about 50–60 millimetres (2.0–2.4 in) in males and about 40–45 millimetres (1.6–1.8 in) in females. In males the head is large with large jaws. The head and the pronotum are dark brown, while elytra are clearer.
  
  ## Distribution
  
  Dorcus taurus can be found in Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia .
  
  ## Subspecies
  
  Species and subspecies of the genus Serrognathus were recently reclassified and merged into the genus Dorcus as follows:
  
  * Dorcus taurus borneensis Hughes Bomans, 1993 – Borneo
  * Dorcus taurus cribriceps (Chevrolat, 1841) – Luzón, Negros, Mindoro and Mindanao
  * Dorcus taurus gypaetus (Laporte de Castelnau, 1840) – Java
  * Dorcus taurus jampeanus (Mizunuma in Mizunuma and Shinji Nagai, 1994) – Sulawesi
  * Dorcus taurus moinieri (Lacroix, 1983)
  * Dorcus taurus taurus (Fabricius, 1801) – Sumatra and Malay Peninsula
  