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Platycerus marginalis - male
Copyright © 1986 Dennis Haines

Platycerus marginalis - Male
Hwy 88, Amador County, California, USA
June 13, 1986
Size: ca. 11 mm. (w/mandible)
Note the four segmented antennal club typical of the genus Platycerus.

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Contributed by Dennis Haines on 1 February, 2008 - 3:12pm
Last updated 4 March, 2008 - 1:37pm

Want me to move these, or sho
Want me to move these, or should we leave them out a bit. I like Lucanids, they're my second favorite group, next to Buprestids
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 1 February, 2008 - 9:14pm login or register to post comments

 
Feel free to put them away if
Feel free to put them away if you wish. I posted them for you and Will Ericson to see. The only western Platycerus we need to get for the guide would now be P. crib*ripennis. Unfortunately, I don't have any from that part of the coast.
… Dennis Haines, 1 February, 2008 - 10:18pm login or register to post comments

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