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Classification ........Platycerus marginalis Casey, 1897: 639

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Platycerus marginalis Casey, 1897: 639. (orig. comb.)

marginalis
..Approximate distribution of
P. marginalis.
 
...P. marginalis Casey, male.
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Photo by M.J. Paulsen
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Distribution: Western North America: Canada: BC, YT; USA: Cascades and Sierra Nevada east to MT, WY, CO, and NM.

 

Benesh, B. 1946. A systematic revision of the Holarctic genus Platycerus Geoffroy (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 63: 139-203.

 
 
 

Paulsen, M.J., and M.S. Caterino. 2009. The Platycerus (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) of California, with the recognition of Platycerus cribripennis Van Dyke as a valid species. ZooKeys 8: 89-94. download pdf

 
 
 

Van Dyke, E.C. 1928. Notes and descriptions of new species of Lucanidae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) from western North America. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 4: 105-113.

 
 
 

 

 

 

   
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