Longest beetle (specimen)

The longest beetle with enlarged jaws is the giant sawyer beetle Macrodontia cervicornis, which is native to northern Venezuela and the Amazon basin, as well as eastern Brazil. Approximately a third of this beetle's entire length in male specimens is accounted for by its huge jaws, edged with tooth-like serrations. The largest specimen on record had a total length of 17.7 cm (7 in), and was collected in Peru in 2007.