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Tribe Lucanini

Beetle - Lucanus capreolus Lucanus elaphus Fabricius - Lucanus elaphus - male Large beetle - Lucanus placidus Lucanus capreolus? - Lucanus capreolus Lucanus capreolus Lucanus elaphus - male Stag beetle - Dorcus parallelus Lucanus elaphus? - Lucanus elaphus
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)