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Dorcus MacLeay, 1819
........Dorcus MacLeay, 1819: 195
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D. parallelus Say, male. Photo by M.J. Paulsen |
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Distribution: North America: Eastern US and Canada. Mexico (?). Palearctic.
Revision or Synopsis:
Benesh, B. 1937. Some notes on boreal American Dorcinae (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 63: 1-16 + pl. I-III.
Benesh, B. 1944. A new Dorcus from Mexico (Coleopt. Lucanidae). Entomological News 55: 45-47.
Composition:
31 species (excluding Serrognathus Motschulsky and Macrodorcus Motschulsky). Only 3 species in the New World: 2 species in the eastern US and Canada and one dubious species from Mexico.
Species profile: (click on species name when available)
D. brevis (Say)
D. mexicanus Benesh
D. parallelus (Say)
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