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Classification ........Ceruchus MacLeay 1819: 115.
..............Tarandus
Dejean 1833: 174 (synonym).

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Scarabaeoidea
Lucanidae
Syndesinae

 
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Ceruchus
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C. piceus (Weber), male. Photo by M.J. Paulsen

Distribution of Ceruchus species in the New World.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 

Distribution: Nearctic: eastern North America (Georgia and Nova Scotia west to Kansas and Manitoba), western North America; (California to British Columbia).

 
 

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Composition: 12 species (3 in New World).

 

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C. piceus (Weber)
C. punctatus LeConte
C. striatus LeConte


 
 
 
 
 
 
   
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Author: M. J. Paulsen
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