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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Stag Beetles (Lucanidae) » Lucaninae » Lucanini » Dorcus » Dorcus brevis
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beetle, maybe stag beetle of some kind? - Dorcus brevis - male
Copyright © 2008 bugsrock

beetle, maybe stag beetle of some kind? - Dorcus brevis - Male
Seymour, Sevier County, Tennessee, USA
May 15, 2008
Size: 1/2 inch or so.
I found this beetle under a rotting log in the woods by our house. its small, maybe 1/2 inch or so long. it looks like a stag beetle to me. Please correct me if im wrong though.
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Contributed by bugsrock on 16 May, 2008 - 1:01am
Last updated 5 September, 2008 - 8:01am

D. brevis, minor male
This is a minor male of D. brevis. The beetle is overall much less elongate than D. parallelus, has a very narrow clypeus, and the mandibles have two small internal teeth. Only male majors (big, big males) of this species are smooth.
… MJ Paulsen, 4 September, 2008 - 5:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Thanks for the info!
… bugsrock, 4 September, 2008 - 5:28pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Dorcus parallelus.
… MJ Paulsen, 4 September, 2008 - 5:25pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Dorcus.
… Brad Barnd, 24 July, 2008 - 11:17am login or register to post comments

Yes.
Nice call on the ID. Genus Dorcus, I'm pretty certain.
… Eric R. Eaton, 16 May, 2008 - 1:51am login or register to post comments

 
i was looking at the pictures and
its looks like dorcus parallelus to me. is that maybe it?
… bugsrock, 16 May, 2008 - 8:11am login or register to post comments

 
thanks!
Thanks for the info!
… bugsrock, 16 May, 2008 - 8:08am login or register to post comments

 
Yup, parallelus. Here is D. b
Yup, parallelus. Here is D. brevis to compare:

http://bugguide.net/node/view/60174

http://bugguide.net/node/view/60176
… Steven Barney, 18 June, 2008 - 1:42pm login or register to post comments

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