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Scortizus Westwood, 1834
.....Scortizus Westwood, 1834: 119 (orig. cit.)

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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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S. maculatus (Klug), male.
Photo by M.J. Paulsen
Approximate distribution of
Scortizus
species.

Distribution: Neotropical South America: Brazil; Bolivia to Ecuador.

Revision or Synopsis:

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. Die Gattungen Charagmophorus, Metadorcus, Scortizus, Apterodorcus, Beneshius, Sclerostomus und Pycnosiphorus. Senckenbergiana Biologica 41: 41-95.

 
 
 

Weinreich, E. 1963. Revision südamerikanischer Lucanidae (Ins. Col.), III. Die Gattungen Pholidotus, Aegognathus, Macrocrates, Auxicerus, und Ergänzenden zu Metadorcus, Scortizus, Beneshius, und Sclerostomus. Senckenbergiana Biologica 44: 183-212.

 
 
 
   
 

Composition: 4 species.

 

Species profiles: (pages under construction)

S. maculatus (Klug)
S. prodigiosus Arnaud et al.
S. signatus Weinreich
S. zischkai Martínez

 
 
 
 
 
 
   
   
   
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