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Classification

Sclerostomus Burmeister, 1847
.....Sclerostomus Burmeister, 1847: 423
.....Sclerognathus Westwood, 1845: 26, not Valenciennes, 1844 (synonym)
.....Hemicardanus Heller, 1927: 213 (synonym)
.....Sclerostominus Weinreich, 1960: 85 (synonym)
.....Stomosclerus Weinreich, 1960: 82, subgenus

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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sulcicollis

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S. sulcicollis (Möllenkamp), male.
Photo by M.J. Paulsen
Approximate distribution of
Sclerostomus
species.
 
 
 
   
 

Distribution: Neotropical and temperate South America: Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru, northern Argentina.

 

Revision or Synopsis:

 
Paulsen, M.J. 2005. A revision of the southern South American stag beetles of the genus Sclerostomus Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Lucanidae). Zootaxa 1060: 1-26. pdf Download here.
 
 
 
 

Weinreich, E. 1960. Revision südamerikanischer Lucanidae (Ins. Col.), II. Die Gattungen Charagmophorus, Metadorcus, Scortizus, Apterodorcus, Beneshius, Sclerostomus und Pycnosiphorus. Senckenbergiana Biologica 41: 41-95.

 
 
   
 

Composition: 8 species.

 

 

 

Species profiles: (click when available, pages under construction)

S. bartolozzii Arnaud & Bomans
S. costatus (Westwood)
S. damasoi Arnaud & Bomans
S. delislei
Weinreich
S. gounellei
(Boileau)

S. sulcicollis
(Möllenkamp)
S. truncatus
Lüderwaldt
S. wendyae
Arnaud & Bomans

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
   
   
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Author: M. J. Paulsen
Generated on:
2/DEC/2006
University of Nebraska State Museum - Division of Entomology