Allotopus rosenbergi

Distribution:

Indonesia

Breeding hints:

Allotopus have been impossible to breed for quite some time. Thanks to Japanese hobyists however, Allotopus is now regularly being bred in Japan. The larvae require wood that has been infested with a special kind of kinshi fungus. Till date this fungus is only being cultured commercially in Japan and Taiwan and only irregularly imported into Europe.

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Specimen Pictures:

Allotopus rosenbergi male, Indonesia © B.Harink

Allotopus rosenbergi male, side, Indonesia © B. Harink

Pictures of living specimen:

Allotopus rosenbergi males, Indonesia © B.Harink

Allotopus rosenbergi pair, Indonesia © J. Oldrich

Allotopus rosenbergi male, Indonesia © J. Oldrich

Allotopus rosenbergi male, Indonesia © J. Oldrich

Allotopus rosenbergi male, Indonesia © F. Susanto