Dorcus

Dorcus
Dorcus
Dorcus parallelipipedus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Lucanidae
Subfamily: Lucaninae
Genus: Dorcus
MacLeay 1819
Species

Some 30, see text

Dorcus is a genus of the family Lucanidae of stag beetles. Of the 30-odd species, most occur in Asia and India; two are found in southern Europe, and three species are from North America.[1] Previously, specimens with serriform teeth on the mandibles and sable pigment where 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 geuns Dorcus.[2]

Selected species

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  • 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
  • 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

  1. ^ Brett C. Ratcliffe (2002). "Lucanidae". In Ross H. Arnett, Jr. & Michael C. Thomas. American Beetles. CRC Press. p. 8. 
  2. ^ http://www.searchlifeforms.com/605020605175768/Beetles_-_Stag__Serrognathus_reichei__10768.aspx
  3. ^ 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. 

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