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Lucanidae

Darren Mann

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Introduction

The nomencalture of the Lucanidae follows that of Maes (1992).

Checklist

Family LUCANIDAE Latreille, 1802

Index to subfamilies

SYNDESINAE
PLATYCERINAE
LUCANINAE
DORCINAE

Subfamily SYNDESINAE MacLeay, 1819

SINODENDRON Schneider, 1791
     SINODENDRON Hellwig, 1792
cylindricum (Linnaeus, 1758 [Scarabaeus])

Subfamily PLATYCERINAE Oberthür & Houlbert, 1913

PLATYCERUS Geoffroy, 1762
caraboides (Linnaeus, 1758 [Scarabaeus]) Extinct

Subfamily LUCANINAE Latreille, 1804

LUCANUS Scopoli, 1763
cervus (Linnaeus, 1758 [Scarabaeus]) Stag Beetle
     inermis Marsham, 1802

Subfamily DORCINAE Parry, 1864

DORCUS MacLeay, 1819
parallelipipedus (Linnaeus, 1758 [Scarabaeus]) Lesser Stag Beetle
     parallelopipedus auct. (misspelling)

Reference

MAES, J.M. 1992. Lista de los Lucanidae (Coleoptera) du mundo. Revista Nicaragüense de Entomología 22: 1-121.

Last updated: 15 January, 2002