| Dorcus | |
|---|---|
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| Dorcus parallelipipedus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Lucanidae |
| Subfamily: | Lucaninae |
| Tribe: | Lucanini |
| Genus: | Dorcus MacLeay 1819 |
| Species | |
| Some 30, see text | |
Dorcus is a genus of beetles in the family Lucanidae (stag beetles). Of the 30-odd species, most occur in Asia and India; two are found in southern Europe, and two species are from North America.[1] Previously, specimens with serriform teeth on the mandibles and sable pigment were called Serrognathus whereas specimens with but a singular or multiple bulky notches on the mandibles and lustrous sable pigmentation were called Dorcus. Serrognathus was recently reclassified and merged into the genus Dorcus.[2]
Selected species
- Dorcus akahorii
- Dorcus alcides
- Dorcus alexisi Muret & Drumont, 1999
- Dorcus amamianus
- Dorcus antaeus
- Dorcus arfakianus
- Dorcus arrowi
- Dorcus binodulosus
- Dorcus brevis
- Dorcus bucephalus
- Dorcus carinulatus
- Dorcus consentaneus
- Dorcus curvidens
- Dorcus cylindricus
- Dorcus davidis
- Dorcus elegantulus
- Dorcus emikoae
- Dorcus eurycephalus
- Dorcus formosanus
- Dorcus gracilicornis
- Dorcus grandis
- Dorcus hopei
- Dorcus hyperion
- Dorcus japonicus
- Dorcus kyanrauensis (zh)
- Dorcus metacostatus
- Dorcus miwai Benesh, 1936
- Dorcus montivagus
- Dorcus musimon Gené, 1836
- Dorcus nepalensis
- Dorcus parallelus
- Dorcus parallelipipedus – lesser stag beetle
- Dorcus parryi
- Dorcus parvulus
- Dorcus peyronis
- Dorcus prochazkai
- Dorcus ratiocinativus
- Dorcus rectus
- Dorcus reichei
- Dorcus ritsemae
- Dorcus rubrofemoralus
- Dorcus rudis
- Dorcus sawaii
- Dorcus schenklingi
- Dorcus sewertzowi
- Dorcus striatipennis
- Dorcus suturalis
- Dorcus taiwanicus
- Dorcus tanakai
- Dorcus taurus
- Dorcus tenuecostatus
- Dorcus tenuihirsutus Kim & Kim, 2010[3]
- Dorcus thoracicus
- Dorcus titanus
- Dorcus tormosanus
- Dorcus ursulus
- Dorcus vavrai
- Dorcus velutinus
- Dorcus vicinus
- Dorcus yamadai
References
- ^ Brett C. Ratcliffe (2002). "Lucanidae". In Ross H. Arnett, Jr. & Michael C. Thomas (ed.). American Beetles. CRC Press. p. 8.
- ^ http://www.searchlifeforms.com/605020605175768/Beetles_-_Stag__Serrognathus_reichei__10768.aspx
- ^ S. I. Kim & J. I. Kim (2010). "Review of family Lucanidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) in Korea with the description of one new species". Entomological Research. 40 (1): 55–81.
External links
- Bug Guide
- Live stag beetles and dried stag beetles large galleries.