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Sclerostomus nitidus Benesh, 1955
....Sclerostomus nitidus Benesh, 1955: 99 (original combination).
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S. nitidus Benesh, male. Photo by M.J. Paulsen |
Approximate distribution of S. nitidus. |
Distribution: Central Chile.
Paulsen, M.J. 2005. A revision of the southern South American stag beetles of the genus Sclerostomus Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Lucanidae). Zootaxa 1060: 1-26.
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Weinreich, E. 1960. Revision südamerikanischer Lucanidae (Ins. Col.), II. Die Gattungen Charagmophorus, Metadorcus, Scortizus, Apterodorcus, Beneshius, Sclerostomus und Pycnosiphorus. Senckenbergiana Biologica 41: 41-95.
Remarks:
One of the 2 species of South American Lucaninae in which the males and females are almost indistiguishable externally (the other being S. tuberculatus). Unlike S. tuberculatus, this species is flightless. It is known from only 6 specimens from Nothofagus forests that are restrictetd to mountaintops in the coastal range near Rancagua. It is found under bark.
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