Platycerus cribripennis Van Dyke, 1928: 107. (orig. comb.)

	Distribution of P. cribripennis.
...P. cribripennis Van Dyke, male. .Photos by M.J. Paulsen	P. cribripennis, male genitalia with sclerotized flagellum distally.

Distribution: USA: California: coastal mountains in Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Kern Counties.

Taxonomy:

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

Paulsen, M.J., and M.S. Caterino. 2009. The Platycerus (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) of California, with the recognition of Platycerus cribripennis Van Dyke as a valid species. ZooKeys 8: 89-94. download pdf

Van Dyke, E.C. 1928. Notes and descriptions of new species of Lucanidae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) from western North America. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 4: 105-113.