Platyceroidini, a new tribe of North American stag beetles (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae)

Authors

M. J. Paulsen, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow
David C. Hawks, University of California, Riverside, CA

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

12-2008

Comments

Published in INSECTA MUNDI: A Journal of World Insect Systematics, #0058 (2008). Published by the Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc., Gainseville, FL. http://www.centerforsystematicentomology.org/ Copyright © 2008 by the authors.

Abstract

The tribe Platyceroidini is created to accommodate two genera of North American stag beetles, Platyceroides Benesh and Platyceropsis Benesh (Lucanidae: Lucaninae). These genera are removed from the tribe Platycerini Mulsant.