S rugosum

Sinodendron rugosum certainly is very unusual among Lucanidae - it looks more like a miniature rhinoceros beetle, than a stag beetle.  Hoping that you will be successful in breeding them!

 
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Goliathus said:
Sinodendron rugosum certainly is very unusual among Lucanidae - it looks more like a miniature rhinoceros beetle, than a stag beetle.  Hoping that you will be successful in breeding them!
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the are extremely primitive based on phylogenetic done on them, behaves more like a bess beetle actually, and adults seemingly eat wood.

 
Good luck! I heard it is doable when rotten logs are available. Syndesinae is surely interesting group entirely.

 
Really interesting beetles. A friend caught some in the San Gabriel mountains near a creek bed with lots of decaying wood. So I went up with my sister a few days later and we were able to get a few. I didn't try breeding them but heard they need rotten logs. 

 
Garin said:
Really interesting beetles. A friend caught some in the San Gabriel mountains near a creek bed with lots of decaying wood. So I went up with my sister a few days later and we were able to get a few. I didn't try breeding them but heard they need rotten logs. 
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They did not breed for me in logs or flake soil at all! The females drilled into the logs provided but no larvae were observed... I would love to try them again one day with different setups, maybe I shall pester you some day ;).

 
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