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Classification	........Platycerus quercus (Weber, 1801)
	Lucanus quercus Weber, 1801: 85. (original combination) P. securidens Knoch, 1868: 961. (nom. nudum)   P. scaritoides Sturm, 1843: 136. (nom. nudum) P. angustus Casey, 1909: 280. (synonym) P. iowanus Casey, 1909: 280. (synonym) P. peregrinus Casey, 1909: 280. (synonym)
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	Male head and mandibles. P. quercus, male. Photo by M.J. Paulsen Distribution of P. quercus. P. quercus, male. Photo by M.J. Paulsen
	Taxonomy:
	Platycerus quercus (Weber) was the accepted name for this species until Benesh (1946) mistakenly applied the name P. virescens (Fabr.). That species is the valid name of a trogossitid beetle (Smith & Paulsen 2017).
	Biology:
	Hoffman, C.H. 1937. Biological notes on Pseudolucanus placidus Say, Platycerus quercus Weber and Ceruchus piceus Weber (Lucanidae, Coleoptera). Entomological News 48: 281-284.
	Mathieu, J. M. 1969. Mating behavior of five species of Lucanidae (Coleoptera: Insecta). Canadian Entomologist 101: 1054-1062.
	Riley, C.V. 1870. A new pear-tree insect. Canadian Entomologist 65: 106-115.
	Distribution:
	Benesh, B. 1946. A systematic revision of the Holarctic genus Platycerus Geoffroy (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 63: 139-203.
	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.
	Smith, A.B.T & M.J. Paulsen. 2017. Corrections to the nomenclature of three species of North American Lucanidae (Coleoptera). Coleopterists Bulletin 71(3): 571-577.
.... Entomology Home Research UNSM Entomology Database Scarab Workers Author: M. J. Paulsen Generated on: 9/OCT/2006. Modified 26/SEP/2017. University of Nebraska State Museum - Division of Entomology