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Species Dorcus parallelus

Orange-bearded sidewalk beetle - Dorcus parallelus - female

Stag beetle - Dorcus parallelus - female

Dorcus parallellus - Dorcus parallelus - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

Superfamily Scarabaeoidea

Family Lucanidae (Stag Beetles)

Subfamily Lucaninae

Tribe Lucanini

Genus Dorcus

Species parallelus (Dorcus parallelus)

Other Common Names

Antelope Beetle(1)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Dorcus parallelus (Say)

Orig. Comb: Lucanus parallelus Say, 1824

Size

15-26 mm

Identification

Det. M. A. Quinn, 2014

Range

e. NA to TX & NE (2)(3)

Habitat

rotting wood

Season

mostly: May-Jun (BG data)

Food

Larvae feed in decaying stumps and roots of oak, linden, and maple (4)

Remarks

readily comes to lights (4)

Internet References

species page - M. J. Paulsen (2006) University of Nebraska State Museum(5)

Works Cited

1.	Peterson Field Guides: Beetles Richard E. White. 1983. Houghton Mifflin Company.

2.	An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas. Edward G. Riley & Charles S. Wolfe. 2003. Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement. 37 pp.

3.	The Scarabaeoid Beetles of Nebraska Brett C. Ratcliffe & M.J. Paulsen. 2008. University of Nebraska State Museum, Vol 22, 570 pp.

4.	A Manual of Common Beetles of Eastern North America Dillon, Elizabeth S., and Dillon, Lawrence. 1961. Row, Peterson, and Company.

5.	Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles (by Brett Ratcliffe and Mary Liz Jameson)

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 1 June, 2005 - 11:10am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Tony DiTerlizzi, Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 7 July, 2014 - 3:01pm

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