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Cantharolethrus Thomson, 1862
.....Cantharolethrus Thomson, 1862: 411 (orig. cit.)

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Scarabaeoidea
Lucanidae
Lucaninae
 
Lucaninae Genera

Aegognathus
Altitatiayus
Andinolucanus
Arnaudius
Apterocyclus
Apterodorcus
Auxicerus
Brasilucanus
Caenolethrus
Cantharolethrus
Casignetus
Charagmophorus
Chiasognathus
Chileistomus
Dorcus
Erichius
Incadorcus
Leptinopterus
Lucanus
Macrocrates
Metadorcinus
Metadorcus
Montesinus
Onorelucanus
Platyceroides
Platycerus
Pycnosiphorus
Sclerostomulus
Sclerostomus
Scortizus
Sphaenognathus
Zikanius

 

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cantharolethrus

C. luxerii, female.
Photo by M.J. Paulsen
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C. luxerii, male.
Photo by M.J. Paulsen
Approximate distribution of Cantharolethrus species.
 

Distribution: Neotropical South America, Central America: NIcaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

 
 

Bartolozzi, L., H.E. Bomans, and G. Onore. 1992. Contributo alla conoscenza dei Lucanidae dell'Ecuador (Insecta, Coleoptera). Frustula Entomologica, Nuova Serie 14(27): 143-246.

 
 
 

Maes, J.M., & Á. Solís. 2002. El género Cantharolethrus Thomson (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) en Centroamérica. Dugesiana 9(2): 1-6.

 
 

Reyes, A., B. Hernández, Á. Solís, and J.-M. Maes. 2014.Cantharolethrus (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) nuevo reporte para la fauna de Nicaragua. Revista Nicaraguense de Entomologia 77: 1-6.

 
 
 

Revision or Synopsis:

 

Schenk, K.-D. 2017. Catalogue of Lucanidae: Genus Cantharolethrus. Beetles World 15: 10-16.

 

Composition: 6 species.

 

 

 

Species profiles: (pages under construction)

C. azambrei Boileau
C. buckleyi
Parry
C. homoderoides
Kreische
C. luxerii
(Buquet)
C. peruvianus
Heller
C. steinheili
Parry

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
   
   
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Author: M. J. Paulsen
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16/DEC/2006. Updated 5/JAN/2016.
University of Nebraska State Museum - Division of Entomology