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Classification ........Platyceroides opacus (Fall, 1906)
 

Platycerus opacus Fall, 1906: 393. (orig. comb.)

Superfamily.....
Family........... Subfamily......

Scarabaeoidea
Lucanidae
Lucaninae
 
Lucaninae Genera

Aegognathus
Altitatiayus
Andinolucanus
Arnaudius
Apterocyclus
Apterodorcus
Auxicerus
Brasilucanus
Caenolethrus
Cantharolethrus
Casignetus
Charagmophorus
Chiasognathus
Chileistomus
Dorcus
Erichius
Incadorcus
Leptinopterus
Lucanus
Macrocrates
Metadorcinus
Metadorcus
Montesinus
Onorelucanus
Platyceroides
Platycerus
Pycnosiphorus
Sclerostomulus
Sclerostomus
Scortizus
Sphaenognathus
Zikanius

 

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Distribution of
P. opacus.
 
........P. opacus (Fall), male.
........Photo by M.J. Paulsen

 


 
 
 
 
 
   
 

Distribution:

 

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.

 
 

Van Dyke, E.C. 1928. Notes and descriptions of new species of Lucanidae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) from western North America. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 4: 105-113.

 
   
   
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University of Nebraska State Museum - Division of Entomology