Platycerus

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Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea

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Familia: Lucanidae
Subfamilia: Lucaninae
Tribus: Platycerini
Genus: Platycerus
Species (53): P. acuticollis - P. akitaorum - P. albisomni - P. bashanicus - P. benesi - P. businskyi - P. canae - P. caprea - P. caraboides - P. caucasicus - P. consimilis - P. cribripennis - P. cupreimicans - P. cyanidraconis - P. delagrangei - P. delicatulus - P. depressus - P. dundai - P. feminatus - P. hiurai - P. hongwonpyoi - P. kawadai - P. kitawakii - P. ladyae - P. mandibularis - P. marginalis - P. masumotoi - P. miyatakei - P. nagahatai - P. oregonensis - P. perplexus - P. piceus - P. primigenius - P. rugosus - P. senguni - P. spinifer - P. sue - P. sugitai - P. tabanai - P. takakuwai - P. tangi - P. tieguanzi - P. turnai - P. urushiyamai - P. vicinus - P. virescens - P. viridicuprus - P. xiongmao - P. yangi - P. yeren - P. yingqii - †P. sepultus - †P. zherichini

Name

• Platycerus Geoffroy, 1762 [placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by ICZN (1994: 61)]
  • Gender: masculine
  • Type species: Scarabaeus caraboides Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent designation by Latreille (1810)

References

• Benesh, B. 1946: A systematic revision of the Holarctic genus Platycerus Geoffroy (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 72: 139-202, plates IV-IX. JSTOR

• Huang, H.; Chen, C.-C. 2009: Notes on the morphology, taxonomy, and natural history of the genus Platycerus Geoffroy from China, with the description of a new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Lucanidae). Zootaxa, 2087: 1-36. [Publication date: '1 May 2009', sourced from first page of article] Abstract & excerpt ZooBank
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• ICZN 1994: OPINION 1754. Histoire abrégée des insectes qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris (Geoffroy, 1762): some generic names conserved (Crustacea, Insecta). Bulletin of zoological nomenclature, 51(1): 58-70. Internet Archive BHL BioStor
• Imura, Y. 2008: An up-to-date movement on the genus Platycerus (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) of Japan. Gekkan-Mushi, (450): 2-9. [in Japanese] [not seen]
• Imura, Y. 2009: Discovery of the genus Platycerus (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) in Guizhou Province, South China. Elytra, Tokyo, 37(1): 77-81. [not seen]
• Imura, Y. 2010: The genus Platycerus of East Asia. Roppon-Ashi Entomological Books. ISBN 978-4-902649-06-2 [not seen]
• Imura, Y. 2010: Supplementary notes on my latest book, "The genus Platycerus of East Asia". Gekkan-Mushi, (474): 2-7. [in Japanese] [not seen]

• Imura, Y. 2011: Two new taxa of the genus Platycerus (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) from China. In: Kawai, S. (ed.) Masumushi: entomological papers dedicated to Dr. Kimio Masumoto on the occasion of his retirement. Special publication of the Japanese Society of Scarabaeoidology, (1): 131-141. [publication date: '25 April 2011', sourced from title page of book] ZooBank
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• Kubota, K.; Kubota, N.; Otobe, H. 2008: A revision of Platycerus acuticollis Y. Kurosawa (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) and its closely related species. Biogeography, 10: 79-102.
• Kubota, K.; Kubota, N.; Otobe, H. 2009: Phylogeny and evolution of the genus Platycerus (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) in Japan (1) Taxonomy of the acuticollis species group. Gekkan-Mushi, (462): 6-21. [in Japanese] [not seen]
• Kubota, K.; Kubota, N.; Otobe, H. 2010: Phylogeny and evolution of the genus Platycerus (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) in Japan (2) Morphological analyses. Gekkan-Mushi, (474): 8-14. [in Japanese] [not seen]
• Kubota, K.; Kubota, N.; Otobe, H. 2011: Phylogeny and evolution of the genus Platycerus (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) in Japan (3) Distribution borders and interspecific gene flow in the acuticollis species group. Gekkan-Mushi, (486): 19-24. [in Japanese] [not seen]
• Kubota, K.; Kubota, N.; Otobe, H.; Nagahata Y. 2009: A morphological phylogeny of the genus Platycerus (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) in Japan. Biogeography, 11: 57-72.
• Kubota, K. et al. 2011: Diversification process of stag beetles belonging to the genus Platycerus Geoffroy (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) in Japan based on nuclear and mitochondrial genes. Entomological science, 14(4): 411–427. doi: 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2011.00466.x
• Paulsen, M.J.; Caterino, M.S. 2009: The Platycerus (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) of California, with the recognition of Platycerus cribripennis Van Dyke as a valid species. ZooKeys, 8: 89-94. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.8.118

links

• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus
• Platycerus in Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles