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Classification ........Platycerus LeConte 1762: 62.

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

Scarabaeoidea
Lucanidae
Platycerinae
 
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Platyceroides
Platyceropsis
Platycerus

 

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Systenocerus Weise 1883: 93. (synonym)
Systenus Sharp & Muir 1912: 573. (synonym)

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P. depressus LeConte, male. Photo by M.J. Paulsen

Approximate distribution of Platycerus species
in the New World.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 

Distribution: Nearctic: United States, Canada. Palearctic: Europe to Japan.

 

Revision or Synopsis:

 

Benesh, B. 1946. A systematic revision of the Holarctic genus Platycerus Geoffroy (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 63: 139-203.

 
 
 

Composition: 27 species (4 in New World).

 

Taxonomy:

 

Keys to Species:

 

(Nearctic) Benesh, B. 1946. A systematic revision of the Holarctic genus Platycerus Geoffroy (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 63: 139-203.

 
 
 

Species profiles: (click on species names)

P. depressus LeConte
P. marginalis Casey
P. oregonensis Westwood
P. virescens (Fabricius)


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