Pycnosiphorus brevicollis Benesh 1956: 62 (orig. comb.)
Sclerognathus brevicollis Germain 1911: 66 (nom. nud.)

E. brevicollis male. ...Photo by M.J. Paulsen.	Distribution of E. brevicollis (circles).

Distribution:

The short-necked flightless stag beetle occurs in two now disjunct areas of central Chile. Prior to deforestation of the central valley these two areas were probably contiguous.

Remarks:

This species is unusual in the genus in lacking a scale pattern on the elytra.

Taxonomy:

Paulsen, M.J. 2010. The stag beetles of southern South America (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Bulletin of University of Nebraska State Museum 24: 1-148. Available here.