Platycerus caraboides

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Lucanidae
Subfamilia: Lucaninae
Tribus: Platycerini
Genus: Platycerus
Species: Platycerus caraboides
Subspecies: P. c. caerulosus – P. c. caraboides

Name

Platycerus caraboides (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Original combination: Scarabaeus caraboides
- Combination: Lucanus caraboides
  - Source: Fabricius 1775: 3 BHL

Synonyms

Scarabaeus chalybaeus MacLeay, 1819
Scarabaeus virescens Mulsant, 1842
Scarabaeus viridiaeneus Mulsant, 1842
Scarabaeus azurea Dalla Torre, 1879
Scarabaeus aeneus Weise, 1883
Scarabaeus delugranei Fairmaire, 1892
Scarabaeus viridicollis Depoli, 1917
Scarabaeus corniolicus Roubal, 1919

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL p. 354 BHL Reference page.
ICZN 1994. Opinion 1754. Histoire abrégée des insectes qui se trouve aux environs de Paris (Geoffroy, 1762): some generic names conserved (Crustacea, Insecta). The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 51(1): 58–70. BHL. Reference page.

Additional 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.
Fabricius, J.C. 1775: Systema Entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species... Flensburgh and Leipzig, Library Kortii. Internet Archive Biodiversity Heritage Library

Links

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Vernacular names

Deutsch: Kleiner Rehschröter
français: Chevrette bleue
magyar: Kis fémesszarvasbogár
日本語: ヨーロッパコルリクワガタ
lietuvių: Žygiškasis elniavabalis
Nederlands: Blauw vliegend hert
русский: Рогач синий
svenska: Blåoxe

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