Platyceropsis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata 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

Familia: Lucanidae
Subfamilia: Lucaninae
Tribus: Platyceroidini
Genus: Platyceroides
Subgenus: Platyceropsis
Species: P. keeni – P. laticollis

Name

Platyceropsis Benesh, 1946: 195. (subgeneric status by Paulsen, 2017)

• Type species: Platycerus keeni Casey, 1895 (by original designation)

References

Primary references

• 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. 
• Paulsen, M.J. 2017. Correction of existing generic and species concepts in Platyceroidini (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae) and the description of four new species of Platyceroides Benesh. Zootaxa 4269(3): 346–378. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.3.2. Reference page. 

Links

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