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Macrocrates Burmeister, 1847
.....Macrocrates Burmeister, 1847: 381 (orig cit.)

Superfamily.....
Family........... Subfamily......

Scarabaeoidea
Lucanidae
Lucaninae
 
Lucaninae Genera

Aegognathus
Andinolucanus
Apterodorcus
Auxicerus
Brasilucanus
Cantharolethrus
Casignetus
Charagmophorus
Chiasognathus
Dorcus
Incadorcus
Leptinopterus
Lucanus
Macrocrates
Metadorcinus
Metadorcus
Onorelucanus
Pycnosiphorus
Sclerostomus
Scortizus
Sphaenognathus


 

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Macrocrates

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M. australis Luederwaldt, habitus (male).
Photo by P. Grossi.
Possible distribution of
Macrocrates
species.
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M. australis Luederwaldt, lateral view (male).
Photo by P. Grossi.
 
 
 
 
   
 

Distribution: Neotropical South America: southeastern Brazil.

 

Revision or Synopsis:

 

Luederwaldt, H., 1935. Monographia dos lucanideos brasileiros. Revista do Museu Paulista. 19: 447-574 + 4 plates.

 
 
Weinreich, E., 1963. Revision südamerikanischer Lucanidae (Ins. Col.), III. Die Gattungen Pholidotus, Aegognathus, Macrocrates, Auxicerus, und Ergänzungen zu Metadorcus, Scortizus, Beneshius, und Sclerostomus. Senckenbergiana Biologica 44: 183-212.
 
 
 
 

Composition: 2 species.

 

 

 

Species profiles: (pages under construction)

M. australis Luederwaldt
M. bucephalus (Westwood)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
   
   
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Author: M. J. Paulsen
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University of Nebraska State Museum - Division of Entomology