Platycerus

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Platycerus
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Platycerus caraboides
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Lucanidae
Subfamily: Lucaninae
Genus: Platycerus
Geoffroy, 1762
Synonyms
  • Systenocerus Weise, 1883
  • Systenus Sharp & Muir, 1912 nec Loew, 1857

Platycerus is a genus of stag beetles (Lucanidae), belonging to the subfamily Lucaninae.

Species

Related Research Articles

The Lucanidae are a family of beetles that include the stag beetles. The family can be further subdivided in a taxonomy. The classification presented here follows Smith (2006), with the exception of the tribal classification within the Lucaninae.

<i>Dinera ferina</i> Species of fly

Dinera ferina (Fallen) is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae. In June 2018, the Bulletin of Insectology wrote that Dinera ferina was "confirmed to be a parasitoid of larvae of the two Italian Platycerus species, Platycerus caprea and Platycerus caraboides (L.) ."

<i>Platycerus caraboides</i>

Platycerus caraboides is a species of stag beetle belonging to the family Lucanidae, subfamily Lucaninae.

<i>Platycerus caprea</i> Species of beetle

Platycerus caprea is a species of beetle, from the subfamily Lucaninae of family Lucanidae. It was discovered by Charles De Geer in 1774, and was thus the first known member of its genus.

Platycerus caucasicus is a species of stag beetle from the subfamily Lucaninae of family Lucanidae. It was discovered by Frederic Parry in 1864.

Platycerus cribripennis is a species of stag beetle, from the Lucinidae family and Lucaninae subfamily. It was discovered by Van Dyke in 1928.

Platycerus delagrangei is a species of stag beetle, from the Lucinidae family and Lucaninae subfamily. It was discovered by Léon Fairmaire in 1892.

Platycerus depressus is a species of stag beetle, from the Lucinidae family and Lucaninae subfamily. It was discovered by Joseph LeConte in 1850.

<i>Platycerus hongwonpyoi</i> Species of beetle

Platycerus hongwonpyoi is a species of stag beetle, from the Lucinidae family and Lucaninae subfamily. It was discovered in Korea by Imura and Choe in 1989.

Platycerus marginalis is a species of stag beetle, from the Lucinidae family and Lucaninae subfamily. It was discovered by Thomas Casey, Jr. in 1897.

Platycerus oregonensis is a species of stag beetle, from the subfamily Lucaninae of family Lucanidae. It was discovered by John O. Westwood in 1844.

Platycerus piceus is a species of stag beetle, from the Lucinidae family and Lucaninae subfamily. It was discovered by William Kirby in 1837.

Plenoculus is a genus of square-headed wasps in the family Crabronidae. There are more than 20 described species in Plenoculus.

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