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Stag Beetles
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...
53 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Dorcus
subgenusDorcus
Little Stag Beetle
speciesDorcus rectus
Dynodorcus
subgenusDynodorcus
Dorcus rubrofemoratus
speciesDorcus rubrofemoratus
Eurytrachellelus
subgenusEurytrachellelus
Dorcus hirticornis
speciesDorcus hirticornis
Dorcus striatipennis
speciesDorcus striatipennis
Telodorcus
subgenusTelodorcus
Dorcus nepalensis
speciesDorcus nepalensis
Dorcus montivagus
speciesDorcus montivagus
Dorcus lineatopunctatus
speciesDorcus lineatopunctatus
Dorcus amamianus
speciesDorcus amamianus
Dorcus cervulus
speciesDorcus cervulus
Ditomoderus
subgenusDitomoderus
Dorcus mencius
speciesDorcus mencius
Dorcus ursulae
speciesDorcus ursulae
Dorcus katsurai
speciesDorcus katsurai
Dorcus arrowi
speciesDorcus arrowi
Dorcus tanakai
speciesDorcus tanakai
Dorcus lvbu
speciesDorcus lvbu
Dorcus sinensis
speciesDorcus sinensis
Dorcus sawaii
speciesDorcus sawaii
Dorcus semenowi
speciesDorcus semenowi
Dorcus wui
speciesDorcus wui
Dorcus wardi
speciesDorcus wardi
Dorcus branaungi
speciesDorcus branaungi
Dorcus menba
speciesDorcus menba
Dorcus macleayii
speciesDorcus macleayii
Dorcus donckieri
speciesDorcus donckieri
Dorcus haitschunus
speciesDorcus haitschunus
Dorcus derelictus
speciesDorcus derelictus
Dorcus hansi
speciesDorcus hansi
Dorcus kikunoae
speciesDorcus kikunoae
Dorcus hei
speciesDorcus hei
Dorcus pieli
speciesDorcus pieli
Dorcus hyperion
speciesDorcus hyperion
Dorcus pemakoi
speciesDorcus pemakoi
Dorcus fujii
speciesDorcus fujii
Dorcus benningseni
speciesDorcus benningseni
Dorcus gaoligongshanus
speciesDorcus gaoligongshanus
Dorcus tianlongi
speciesDorcus tianlongi
Dorcus linwenhsini
speciesDorcus linwenhsini
Dorcus fuliginosus
speciesDorcus fuliginosus
Dorcus intricatus
speciesDorcus intricatus
Dorcus magdaleinae
speciesDorcus magdaleinae
Dorcus sukkiti
speciesDorcus sukkiti
Dorcus zhouchaoi
speciesDorcus zhouchaoi
Dorcus monpa
speciesDorcus monpa
Dorcus maryi
speciesDorcus maryi
Dorcus prochazkai
speciesDorcus prochazkai
Dorcus bisignatus
speciesDorcus bisignatus
Dorcus zhangyiae
speciesDorcus zhangyiae
Dorcus lhoba
speciesDorcus lhoba
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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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 88026.