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Genus Dorcus

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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
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 5 September, 2008 - 8:57am

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