Dorcus
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| Dorcus parallelipipedus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Lucanidae |
| Subfamily: | Lucaninae |
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| Genus: | Dorcus MacLeay 1819 |
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Dorcus is a genus of beetles in the family Lucanidae (stag beetles). Of the 30-odd species, most occur in Asia and India; two are found in southern Europe, and two species are from North America.[1] Previously, specimens with serriform teeth on the mandibles and sable pigment were called Serrognathus whereas specimens with but a singular or multiple bulky notches on the mandibles and lustrous sable pigmentation were called Dorcus. Serrognathus was recently reclassified and merged into the genus Dorcus.[2]
Selected species[]
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- Muret & Drumont, 1999
- Dorcus arrowi
- Dorcus brevis
- Dorcus curvidens
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- Dorcus miwai Benesh, 1936
- Gené, 1836
- Dorcus nepalensis
- Dorcus parallelus
- Dorcus parallelipipedus – lesser stag beetle
- Dorcus rectus
- Dorcus taurus
- Dorcus tenuihirsutus Kim & Kim, 2010[3]
- Dorcus titanus
References[]
- ^ Brett C. Ratcliffe (2002). "Lucanidae". In Ross H. Arnett, Jr. & Michael C. Thomas (ed.). American Beetles. CRC Press. p. 8.
- ^ http://www.searchlifeforms.com/605020605175768/Beetles_-_Stag__Serrognathus_reichei__10768.aspx
- ^ S. I. Kim & J. I. Kim (2010). "Review of family Lucanidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) in Korea with the description of one new species". . 40 (1): 55–81. doi:10.1111/j.1748-5967.2009.00263.x. S2CID 85747458.
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- Lucaninae
- Lucanidae genera
- Taxa named by William Sharp Macleay
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