 |
|||||||
|
|||||||
Sclerostomus cucullatus (Blanchard, 1842)
....Lucanus cucullatus Blanchard, 1842: Plate XXII (original combination).
....Scortizus cornutus Thomson, 1862:399, nomen nudum
|
||
| Lucaninae Genera | ||
|
||
| Lucanidae Taxa Map | ||
| Lucanidae Catalog | ||
| Lucanidae Key | ||
| Lucanidae Gallery |
|
 |
Approximate distribution
of S. cucullatus. |
|
 |
|
S. cucullatus (Blanchard), male. Photo by M.J. Paulsen |
Lateral view of male head and pronotum. |
Distribution: Central Chile, adjacent parts of Argentina.
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.
Download here.
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:
This species is common in Nothofagus logs and under bark in central Chile. Adults can be seen walking on tree trunks at night. The elytral pattern is variable and may consist of either discrete spots or contiguous bands (Paulsen 2005).
|
||||
|
|