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Lucanus capreolus (Linnaeus,1763)

 

Scarabaeus capreolus Linnaeus, 1763: 391. (orig. comb.)
L. dama Fabricius 1775: 2. (synonym)

L. trigonus Thunberg, 1806: 199. (synonym)
L. muticus Thunberg, 1806: 205. (synonym
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Scarabaeoidea
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........L. capreolus, male.
........Photo by M.J. Paulsen

L. capreolus, female. (ventral)
Photo by M.J. Paulsen

 
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capreolus map
 
Distribution of L. capreolus.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 

Biology:

 

Mathieu, J. M. 1969. Mating behavior of five species of Lucanidae (Coleoptera: Insecta). Canadian Entomologist 101: 1054-1062.

 
 

Distribution:

 

Ratcliffe, B.C. 1991. The Passalidae and Lucanidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of Nebraska. Great Plains Research 1: 249-282.

 

Riley, E. G. and C. S. Wolfe. 2003. An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas. Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement, no. 26. 37 pp.

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