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Dorcus
Dorcus is a genus of beetles in the family Lucanidae (stag beetles). Of the 30-odd species, most occur in Asia and India; two are found in southern Europe, and two species are from North America. Previously, specimens with serriform teeth on the mandibles and sable pigment were called Serrognathus whereas specimens with but a singular or multiple bulky notches on the mandibles and lustrous sable pigmentation were called Dorcus. Serrognathus was recently reclassified and merged into...
12 branches of this group, most-observed first
Lesser Stag Beetle
speciesDorcus parallelipipedus
Antelope Beetle
speciesDorcus parallelus
Eastern American Stag Beetle
speciesDorcus brevis
Dorcus davidis
speciesDorcus davidis
Dorcus tenuihirsutus
speciesDorcus tenuihirsutus
Dorcus vicinus
speciesDorcus vicinus
Dorcus musimon
speciesDorcus musimon
Dorcus alexisi
speciesDorcus alexisi
Dorcus ratiocinativus
speciesDorcus ratiocinativus
Dorcus peyronis
speciesDorcus peyronis
Dorcus rugosus
speciesDorcus rugosus
Dorcus kucerai
speciesDorcus kucerai
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 794883.