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Classification .......Macrocrates australis Luederwaldt,1934

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Macrocrates australis Luederwaldt,1934:388 (orig. comb.)

metadorcinus auritus
M. australis, male.
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Photo by P. Grossi.
Distribution of M. australis.

 
 

Distribution: Brazil: Paraná, Santa Catarina.

 

Luederwaldt, H., 1935. Monographia dos lucanideos brasileiros. Revista do Museu Paulista. 19: 447-574 + 4 plates.

 
 

 

 

Taxonomy:

 
Weinreich, E., 1963. Revision südamerikanischer Lucanidae (Ins. Col.), III. Die Gattungen Pholidotus, Aegognathus, Macrocrates, Auxicerus, und Ergänzungen zu Metadorcus, Scortizus, Beneshius, und Sclerostomus. Senckenbergiana Biologica 44: 183-212.
 
 
 
 

Behavior:

 
Little is known about the biology of Macrocrates spp. The specimen shown here was collected in flight on a sunny afternoon. (P. Grossi, pers. comm).
 
   
   
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