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Species Platycerus depressus - Aspen Stag Beetle

Platycerus piceus - Platycerus depressus - male

Platycerus - Platycerus depressus - male

Running up an Aspen - Platycerus depressus

Platycerus depressus (QC) - Platycerus depressus - male

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 Platycerini

Genus Platycerus

Species depressus (Aspen Stag Beetle)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

piceus Kirby (widely used invalid name, misidentification)

Explanation of Names

Platycerus depressus LeConte 1850

Range

boreal & western montane NA

Internet References

Species page (Paulsen 2008)

Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 1 February, 2008 - 11:42pm
Additional contributions by nebbeetle, v belov
Last updated 22 August, 2014 - 6:04pm

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