Korea, China and Japan
Fine-art photographic collection
Dicronocephalus adamsi
A scarabaeidae species documented from Korea, China and Japan.
About this species
Adam's Stag-horned Beetle
Dicronocephalus adamsi(Pascoe, 1863)
Information reviewed15 July 2026
Dicronocephalus adamsi is a species in the family Scarabaeidae. Current taxonomic catalogues recognise this name. The documented range used for this profile is Korea, China and Japan; unsupported ecological details have been left blank.
Taxonomy
Animalia · Arthropoda · Insecta · Coleoptera · Scarabaeidae · Dicronocephalus
Accepted as Dicronocephalus adamsi; the gallery title uses the variant spelling adamsii. · checked 2026-07-15
Korea, China and JapanBroad documented range and selected reference localities — not a complete occurrence map.
Warm-temperate woodland and forest.
What makes this species remarkable?
The accepted specific epithet is adamsi.
The species is recorded from Korea, China and Japan.
Males bear the characteristic horn-like head processes of Dicronocephalus.