Platycerus quercus

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Platycerus quercus (Weber, 1801)

Lucanus quercus Weber, 1801: 85 (original combination)
Platycerus angustus Casey, 1909
Platycerus iowanus Casey, 1909
Platycerus peregrinus Casey, 1909
Platycerus quercicola Knoch, 1868
Platycerus scaritoides Sturm, 1843
Lucanus securidens Say, 1823
Platycerus securidens Say, 1823
Lucanus virescens Fabricius, 1775 (misidentification, L. viresecens is a trogossitid, now Temnochila virescens)
Platycerus virescens (Fabricius, 1775) (misidentification)

Note:: Incorrectly referred to as P. virescens (Fabr.) since Benesh, 1946, the correct name is P. quercus (see Smith & Paulsen 2017).

Weber, F. 1801. Observationes entomologicae, continentes novorum quae condidit generum characteres, et nuper detectarum specierum descriptiones. Impensis Bibliopolii Academici Novi, Kiliae. xii + 116 pp. BHL Reference page.
Benesh, B. 1946. A systematic revision of the Holarctic genus Platycerus Geoffroy (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 72: 139–202. JSTOR Reference page.
Smith A.B.T & Paulsen, M.J. 2017. Corrections to the nomenclature of three species of North American Lucanidae (Coleoptera). Coleopterists Bulletin 71(3): 571–577. DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-71.3.571 ResearchGate Reference page.

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