Stag beetles of the genus Dorcus MacLeay in North America (Coleoptera, Lucanidae)

Authors

M. J. Paulsen, University of Nebraska State MuseumFollow

Date of this Version

2010

Citation

Paulsen MJ (2010) Stag beetles of the genus Dorcus MacLeay in North America (Coleoptera, Lucanidae). In: Ratcliff e B, Krell F-T (Eds) Current advances in Scarabaeoidea research. ZooKeys 34: 199–207. doi: 10.3897/zookeys. 34.292

Comments

Copyright M.J. Paulsen. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.

Abstract

General confusion has surrounded the status of Nearctic Dorcus species since the 19^th Century. In this paper the two Nearctic species are clarified and compared, and morphological characters discussed that will readily distinguish them. Examination of the type specimens of D. mexicanus reveals that they are actually mislabeled specimens and that the species is a new synonym of the Palearctic D. parallelipipedus (L.).