"A single species of the genus known from southwest Melanesia (Vanuatu and Caledonian archipelagos), morphologically close in the genus to only one other geographically distant: A. hindenburgi (Kriesche, 1921), endemic to Western Samoa. At Aegus legroupe of species thus characterized, specific to the Southwest Pacific, comes from speciations by island isolation and is native to the Malaysian region. "

Stéphane BOUCHER, MNHN, in "Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle", ORSTOM editions, volume 149, 1981. (full article available for download)

Photos in natura would be welcome, as well as quotes from recent encounters with details on the biotopes and the circumstances of the sighting.