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Lucanus placidus Say - Lucanus placidus - male
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Lucanus placidus Say - Lucanus placidus - Male
Gus Engeling Wildlife Management Area, Anderson County, Texas, USA
April 24, 1999
Det. E. G. Riley, 1999

coll'ed by E.G. Riley, at UV light

spmn in the EGRC collection, College Station, TX

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Lucanus placidus Say - Lucanus placidus - male Lucanus placidus Say - Lucanus placidus - male Lucanus placidus Say - Lucanus placidus - male
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 30 December, 2013 - 9:29pm
Last updated 16 November, 2021 - 4:53pm

Moved
Moved from Giant Stag Beetle.

Pentagonal clypeus indicates that this is a major male of L. placidus.
L. elaphus has triangular clypeus.
… Alan Jeon, 28 March, 2015 - 12:26pm

 
ID problem
The mandibles do not fit with L. placidus, though. To me it looks like a male L. capreolus. Since it is a museum specimen, checking its legs could clear this ID: golden femurs.
For a comparison of the two species, see
… Maria Fremlin, 24 July, 2017 - 3:09pm

Moved
Moved from Lucanus placidus.
… Mike Quinn, 18 March, 2015 - 6:27pm

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