Platyceroides opacus

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Platyceroides opacus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Lucanidae
Genus: Platyceroides
Species:
P. opacus
Binomial name
Platyceroides opacus
(Fall, 1906)

Platyceroides opacus is a species of stag beetle in the family Lucanidae. It is found in North America. [1] [2] [3]

Stag beetle Family of insects

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References

  1. "Platyceroides opacus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. "Platyceroides opacus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

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