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Tribe Lucanini

Lucanus - Lucanus elaphus - female Dorcus parallelus? - Dorcus parallelus Dorcus parallelus Dorcus brevis - female Giant Stag Beetle - Lucanus elaphus - male Lucanus capreolus found on back porch in the early evening. - Lucanus capreolus - male Reddish-brown Stag Beetle - Lucanus capreolus - female Lucanus mazama - 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
Numbers
2 genera in the New World(1)
Range
in the New World, restricted to NA; both genera of our fauna are Holarctic (Lucanus also Oriental) and much more diverse in the Old World(1)