Platyceropsis Benesh 1946: 195 (subgenus)

Praocerus Paulsen 2017: 369 (subgenus)

Distribution: Nearctic: United States (WA, OR, CA), Canada (BC).

Revision:

Paulsen, MJ. 2017. Correction of existing generic and species concepts in Platyceroidini (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae) and the description of four new species of Platyceroides Benesh. 4269 (3): 346-378.

Taxonomy:

Benesh, B. 1946. A systematic revision of the Holarctic genus Platycerus Geoffroy (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 63: 139-203.

Paulsen, M.J. 2014. A new species of stag beetle (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) from California. Insecta Mundi 0358: 1-3.

Paulsen, M.J. 2015. A new species of Platyceroides (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) from Oregon. Insecta Mundi 0430: 1-5.

Composition: 16 species.

Keys to Species:

Paulsen, MJ. 2017. Correction of existing generic and species concepts in Platyceroidini (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae) and the description of four new species of Platyceroides Benesh. 4269 (3): 346-378.

Species profiles: (click on species names)

P. aeneus (Van Dyke) P. agassii (LeConte) P. barrae Paulsen P. californicus (Casey) P. infernus Paulsen P. keeni (Casey) P. laticollis (Casey) P. latus (Fall) P. marshalli Paulsen P. opacus (Fall) P. pacificus (Casey) P. pampinatus Paulsen P. potax Paulsen P. thoracicus (Casey) P. umpquus Paulsen P. viriditinctus (Benesh)