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Species Lucanus mazama - Cottonwood Stag Beetle

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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
Genus Lucanus
Species mazama (Cottonwood Stag Beetle)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Lucanus mazama (LeConte)
Orig. Comb: Dorcus mazama LeConte, 1861
Syn: Pseudolucanus bicostatus Angell, 1917
Range
sw US (AZ-NM-CO-UT) (BG data)
Season
Jun-Aug (BG data)
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard