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Dorcus MacLeay, 1819
........Dorcus MacLeay, 1819: 195

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Scarabaeoidea
Lucanidae
Lucaninae
 
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parallelus

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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D. parallelus Say, male.
Photo by M.J. Paulsen

Distribution of Dorcus species in the New World.

 

Distribution: North America: Eastern US and Canada. Palearctic.

Revision or Synopsis:

Benesh, B. 1937. Some notes on boreal American Dorcinae (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 63: 1-16 + pl. I-III.

Paulsen, MJ. 2010. Stag beetles of the genus Dorcus MacLeay in North America (Coleoptera, Lucanidae). In: Ratcliffe B, Krell F-T (Eds) Current advances in Scarabaeoidea research. ZooKeys 34: 199–207. Download.

 
Composition:
 

30 species (excluding Serrognathus Motschulsky and Macrodorcus Motschulsky). Only 2 species are found in the New World, both are widely distributed in the eastern US and Canada. The name D. mexicanus Benesh is a synonym of the Old World species D. parallelipipedus (L.) based on mislabeled specimens.

 
 
 
 

 

 

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D. brevis (Say)
D. parallelus (Say)

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