Prosopocoilus astacoides karubei Nagai, 2000

Prosopocoilus astacoides karubei Nagai,2000 was described based on materials that collected from Lam Dong Province, South Center of Vietnam. It is the second subspecies of the species found in Vietnam, other wide distribute subspecies is Prosopocoilus astacoides castaneus (Hope & Westwood, 1845), found in North of Vietnam and very common in Ha Giang Province. Not same to the subspecies Prosopocoilus astacoides karubei only found from type location, Prosopocoilus astacoides castaneus found also in Thailand, Myanmar, India and Laos, maybe also in South China.
The subspecies Prosopocoilus astacoides karubei Nagai,2000 named after Mr. Haruki Karube, Kanagawa Museum of Nature History, who is well known with his publication on dragonfly of South East Asia.

 
 Small male of Prosopocoilus astacoides karubei Nagai,2000 - photographed by Nguyen Ba Quang

Large male of Prosopocoilus astacoides karubei Nagai,2000 - Photographed by Nguyen Quang Thai

Neolucanus baongocae Nguyen, 2013

In the field trip to Lam Dong and Khanh Hoa Province in 2013, a Vietnamese researcher of Lucanidae, Mr. Nguyen Quang Thai, has found an extreme beautiful Neolucanus. The species then be described by him undername N. baongocae Nguyen, 2013; it be name after his little daughter.

The new species is typical with brighten color, red pronotum and brown yellow elytra, that not be seen in any Vietnamese Neolucanus. Lucanidae is a well known and one of the most completed studied insect group so the new discover of a species in the family is one of remarkable point of entomology.

Males/Paratypes of N. baongocae in dorsal view, photographed by the author (in the original description)

Holotype of N. baongocae in lateral view, photographed by the author (in the original description)