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Metadorcinus Kriesche, 1922
....Metadorcinus Kriesche, 1922: 126 (original combination).
....Beneshius Weinreich, 1960: 52 (synonym).
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M. auritus Kriesche. Photo by P. Grossi. |
Approximate distribution
of Metadorcinus species. |
Distribution: Neotropical South America: South and Southeastern Brazil, Western Bolivia, Northwestern Argentina, and Ecuador (Grossi & Vaz-de-Mello 2007).
Revision or Synopsis:
Bomans, H.E. 1990. Notes diverses sur des Lucanidae nouveaux ou peu connus (Coleoptera). Nouvelle Revue d’Entomologie (N.S.). 7(2): 171-177.
Grossi, P., and F. Vaz-de-Mello. 2007. A new species of Metadorcinus Kriesche from Brazil with notes on the genus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Lucanidae). Zootaxa 1478: 49-59.
Luederwaldt, H., 1935. Monographia dos lucanideos brasileiros. Revista do Museu Paulista. 19: 447-574 + 4 plates.
Weinreich, E., 1960. Revision südamerikanischer Lucanidae (Ins. Col.), II. Senckenbergiana Biologica 41: 41–95.
Composition: 17 species.
Grossi, P., and F. Vaz-de-Mello. 2007. A new species of Metadorcinus Kriesche from Brazil with notes on the genus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Lucanidae). Zootaxa 1478: 49-59.
Remarks: When Weinreich created the genus Beneshius he erroneously placed the only species of Metadorcinus as a synonym of B. cruentus, making his generic name a junior synonym of Metadorcinus.
Species profile: (pages under construction)
M. aku Simoens
M. amuelleri Weinreich
M. auritus Kriesche
M. beneshi (Martínez)
M. buckleyi (Waterhouse)
M. cruentus (Burmeister)
M. dentifer (Möllenkamp)
M. ditomoides (Westwood)
M. lineatus (Deyrolle)
M. neotragus (Westwood)
M. plagiatus (Burmeister)
M. ranki Grossi & Vaz-de-Mello
M. securiformis (Lüderwaldt)
M. signatipennis (Deyrolle)
M. sylviae (Boucher)
M. tucumanus (Nagel)
M. yamauchii Arnaud et al.
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