Genus Dorcus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Antelope Beetle - Dorcus parallelus - male

beetle, maybe stag beetle of some kind? - Dorcus brevis - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles)

Family Lucanidae (Stag Beetles)

Genus Dorcus

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Dorcus MacLeay 1819

Numbers

Two NA species: Dorcus brevis (Say 1825) and D. parallelus (Say 1823)

Size

15-26 mm (D. parallelus).

Identification

See Key from Stag Beetles of Oklahoma. In Dorcus, eyes are divided by a canthus, in Platycerus they are not so divided.

See Also

Related, generally smaller stag beetles of genus Platycerus.

Print References

Dillon, p. 569, plate 56, describes and illustrates D. parallelus (1).

Internet References

The Beetle Experience--D. brevis

UNL Guide - in progress

Works Cited

1.	A Manual of Common Beetles of Eastern North America By Dillon, Elizabeth S., and Dillon, Lawrence

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 1 June, 2005 - 10:28am
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Last updated 5 September, 2008 - 8:57am

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