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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles (Scarabaeoidea) » Stag Beetles (Lucanidae) » Lucaninae » Lucanini » Dorcus » Dorcus parallelus
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Stag Beetle - Dorcus parallelus
Copyright © 1996 Karl Hillig

Stag Beetle - Dorcus parallelus
Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana, USA
May 22, 1996
Size: body 19 mm
ID help appreciated.

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Contributed by Karl Hillig on 5 February, 2010 - 8:47pm
Last updated 5 February, 2011 - 5:58pm

Moved
Moved from Dorcus.
… Karl Hillig, 7 February, 2010 - 3:52pm login or register to post comments

I agree...
this is most-likely D. parallelus based on the posterior humeral angles. A dorsal shot would help to look at shape. The sculpturing also looks more like D. parallelus (although is is not necessariy a reliable character).
… Blaine Mathison, 6 February, 2010 - 4:26pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles. I'm leaning toward D. parallelus because the humeral angles of the elytra lack a large tooth. Also, brevis seems to be more common further south. How can you tell it's a female?
… Karl Hillig, 5 February, 2010 - 9:08pm login or register to post comments

fem. Dorcus ?brevis
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… v belov, 5 February, 2010 - 8:52pm login or register to post comments

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