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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
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S. sulcicollis (Möllenkamp), male.
Photo by M.J. Paulsen |
Approximate distribution
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Distribution: Neotropical and temperate South America: Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru, northern Argentina.
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Revision or
Synopsis:
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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. Download here.
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Weinreich, E. 1960. Revision südamerikanischer Lucanidae (Ins. Col.), II. Die Gattungen Charagmophorus, Metadorcus, Scortizus, Apterodorcus, Beneshius, Sclerostomus und Pycnosiphorus. Senckenbergiana Biologica 41: 41-95.
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Composition: 8 species.
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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
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