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Classification .......Erichius caelatus (Blanchard,1842)

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Scarabaeoidea
Lucanidae
Lucaninae
 
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Aegognathus
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Montesinus
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Lucanus caelatus Blanchard 1842: Plate XII, Fig. 8 (orig. comb.)
Lucanus variolosus Hope in Westwood 1845: 25 (synonym)
Sclerostomus circumdatus Deyrolle in Parry 1864: 95 (nomen nudum)
Sclerognathus cumingi Hope in Harold 1868: 962 (nomen nudum)

E. caelatus, male.
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Photo by M.J. Paulsen.
Distribution of E. caelatus.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Distribution:

 

The engraved flightless stag beetle is common and is distributed widely in central Chile from sea level to around 1500m. It also extends into Argentina.

 
 

 

   
 

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.

 
 
 

Weinreich, E. 1958. Die südamerikanische Lucanidengattung Pycnosiphorus (Ins. Col.). Senckenbergiana Biologica 39: 265-288.

 
 

 

   
   
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Author: M. J. Paulsen
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24/NOV/2010.
University of Nebraska State Museum - Division of Entomology