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Metadorcus Parry, 1870
.....Metadorcus Parry, 1870: 88 (orig. cit.)
.....Colocephalaria Deyrolle, 1929: 88 (synonym)
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M. rotundatus (Parry), male. Photo by M.J. Paulsen |
Approximate distribution
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Distribution: Neotropical South America: Brazil; Bolivia to Ecuador.
Revision or Synopsis:
Luederwaldt, H., 1935. Monographia dos lucanideos brasileiros. Revista do Museu Paulista. 19: 447-574 + 4 plates.
Weinreich, E. 1960. Revision südamerikanischer Lucanidae (Ins. Col.), II. Die Gattungen Charagmophorus, Metadorcus, Scortizus, Apterodorcus, Beneshius, Sclerostomus und Pycnosiphorus. Senckenbergiana Biologica 41: 41-95.
Weinreich, E. 1963. Revision südamerikanischer Lucanidae (Ins. Col.), III. Die Gattungen Pholidotus, Aegognathus, Macrocrates, Auxicerus, und Ergänzenden zu Metadorcus, Scortizus, Beneshius, und Sclerostomus. Senckenbergiana Biologica 44: 183-212.
Composition: 3 species.
Species profiles: (pages under construction)
M. ebeninus (Deyrolle)
M. rotundatus (Parry)
M. rufolineatus Nagel
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