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TAXSYNDISISLFRMPIC
Platycerus Geoffroy, 1762
is a synonym of Genus Ceruchus MacLeay, 1819
This may be an outdated term
The Taxom listed here as synonyme is shown below

Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
3816
189502
2439455
Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
3399
186457
2415487
Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
1891
142849
2048615
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
592
62779
813516
Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
274
54416
687671
Families
Genera
Species

Infraorder
 
Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
32
5275
90050
Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 
Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles
32
5275
90050
Families
Genera
Species
FamilyLucanidae
Latreille, 1804
Stag Beetle, Stag beetles
294
5589
Genera
Species
SubfamilyLucaninae
Latreille, 1804
128
4673
Genera
Species
TribePlatycerini
Mulsant, 1842
2
192
Genera
Species
GenusPlatycerus
Geoffroy, 1762
191Species
Subnodes of Platycerus Geoffroy, 1762
SpeciesPlatycerus acuticollis Kurosawa, 1969
4Subspecies
SpeciesPlatycerus aeneus Van Dyke, 1928
SpeciesPlatycerus agassii LeConte, 1861
SpeciesPlatycerus agassizi LeConte, 1861  ⇒ Platyceroides agassizi
1Subspecies
SpeciesPlatycerus akitai Fujita, 1987
SpeciesPlatycerus akitaorum Imura, 2007
SpeciesPlatycerus albisomni Kubota, Kubota & Otobe, 2008
2Subspecies
SpeciesPlatycerus angustus Casey, 1909
SpeciesPlatycerus auriceps Kubota & Zhu, 2018
SpeciesPlatycerus auriculatus Guérin-Méneville, 1833
SpeciesPlatycerus azureus Dalla Torre, 1879  ⇒ Platycerus caraboides
SpeciesPlatycerus balbi Laporte, 1840
SpeciesPlatycerus barbarossa
1Subspecies
SpeciesPlatycerus bashanicus Imura & Tanikado, 1998
SpeciesPlatycerus benesi Imura & Bartolozzi, 1994  ⇒ Platycerus dundai
SpeciesPlatycerus berendti Zang, 1905
SpeciesPlatycerus berendtii Zang, 1905
SpeciesPlatycerus businskyi Imura, 1996
1Subspecies
SpeciesPlatycerus caerulosus Didier & Séguy, 1953
SpeciesPlatycerus calamophilus Gistel, 1857
SpeciesPlatycerus californicus Casey, 1885
SpeciesPlatycerus canae Imura, 2010
SpeciesPlatycerus capensis
SpeciesPlatycerus caprea De Geer, 1774  ⇒ Platycerus caraboides
SpeciesPlatycerus caraboides Linnaeus, 1758
14Subspecies
SpeciesPlatycerus caucasicus Parry, 1864
SpeciesPlatycerus cervus Fourcroy & Geoffroy, 1785
SpeciesPlatycerus chalybaeus MacLeay, 1819  ⇒ Platycerus caucasicus
SpeciesPlatycerus chlorizans Dalla Torre, 1879  ⇒ Platycerus caucasicus
SpeciesPlatycerus coerulescens LeConte, 1861
SpeciesPlatycerus coeruleus Dalla Torre, 1879
SpeciesPlatycerus consimilis Tanikado & Tabana, 1998
2Subspecies
SpeciesPlatycerus cribratus Mulsant & Rey, 1863  ⇒ Platycerus caraboides
1Subspecies
SpeciesPlatycerus cribripennis Van Dyke, 1928
SpeciesPlatycerus cupreimicans Imura, 2006
SpeciesPlatycerus cyanidraconis Imura, 2008
SpeciesPlatycerus dabashanensis Okuda, 1997
SpeciesPlatycerus daguanensis Huang & Chen, 2022
SpeciesPlatycerus delagrangei Fairmaire, 1892
SpeciesPlatycerus delicatulus Lewis, 1883
2Subspecies
SpeciesPlatycerus depressus LeConte, 1850  ⇒ Platycerus piceus
Aspen Stag Beetle
1Subspecies
SpeciesPlatycerus diabolus Dalla Torre, 1879  ⇒ Platycerus delagrangei
SpeciesPlatycerus diluvialis Imura, 2012
SpeciesPlatycerus dundai Imura & Bartolozzi, 1994
2Subspecies
SpeciesPlatycerus ebeninus Deyrolle, 1864
SpeciesPlatycerus feminatus Tanikado & Tabana, 1997
SpeciesPlatycerus foeminacervi Fourcroy & Geoffroy, 1785
SpeciesPlatycerus foveicollis Boisduval, 1835
SpeciesPlatycerus furcatus Castelnau, 1840
SpeciesPlatycerus fuscus Geoffroy, 1762
SpeciesPlatycerus helopioides Dejean, 1836
SpeciesPlatycerus hiro Imura, 2018
SpeciesPlatycerus hirofumii Imura, 2019
SpeciesPlatycerus hiurai Tanikado & Tabana, 1997
2Subspecies
SpeciesPlatycerus hongwonpyoi Imura & Choe, 1989
11Subspecies
SpeciesPlatycerus iowanus Casey, 1909
SpeciesPlatycerus kawadai Fujita & Ichikawa, 1982
2Subspecies
SpeciesPlatycerus keeni Casey, 1895  ⇒ Platyceropsis keeni
SpeciesPlatycerus kitawakii Imura & Tanikado, 1998
SpeciesPlatycerus ladyae Imura, 2005
SpeciesPlatycerus laticollis Casey, 1914
SpeciesPlatycerus latior Fourcroy & Geoffroy, 1785
SpeciesPlatycerus latus Fall, 1901
SpeciesPlatycerus liyingbingi Huang & Chen, 2017
SpeciesPlatycerus macrophyllus Kraatz, 1860
SpeciesPlatycerus mandibularis Imura, 2009
SpeciesPlatycerus marginalis Casey, 1897
1Subspecies
SpeciesPlatycerus masumotoi Imura, 2011
SpeciesPlatycerus merkli Imura & Choe, 1989
SpeciesPlatycerus miyashitai Nagai, 2001
SpeciesPlatycerus miyatakei Tanikado & Tabana, 1998
SpeciesPlatycerus nagahatai Imura, 2008
SpeciesPlatycerus namedai Fujita, 1987
SpeciesPlatycerus nigripes MacLeay, 1819  ⇒ Platycerus delagrangei
SpeciesPlatycerus opacus Fall, 1906
SpeciesPlatycerus oregonensis Westwood, 1844
Oregon stag beetle
2Subspecies
SpeciesPlatycerus origonensis Westwood, 1844
SpeciesPlatycerus pacificus Casey, 1889
SpeciesPlatycerus parallelipipedus Fourcroy & Geoffroy, 1785
SpeciesPlatycerus parvicollis Casey, 1889
SpeciesPlatycerus pedicellaris Möllenkamp, 1912
SpeciesPlatycerus peregrinus Casey, 1909
SpeciesPlatycerus perplexus Gusakov, 2004
SpeciesPlatycerus piceus Kirby, 1837
SpeciesPlatycerus primigenius Weise, 1960
SpeciesPlatycerus pseudocaprea Paulus, 1970
SpeciesPlatycerus pygmaeus Fourcroy & Geoffroy, 1785  ⇒ Platyceroides agassii
SpeciesPlatycerus qinlingensis Imura, 1993
SpeciesPlatycerus quercicola Gemminger & Harold, 1869
SpeciesPlatycerus quercus Weber, 1801
Oak Stag Beetle
2Subspecies
SpeciesPlatycerus querus Weber, 1801
SpeciesPlatycerus rufipes Herbst, 1790
SpeciesPlatycerus rugosus Okuda, 1997
2Subspecies
SpeciesPlatycerus scaritoides Sturm, 1843
SpeciesPlatycerus securidens Say, 1824
SpeciesPlatycerus sengueni Schweiger, 1966
SpeciesPlatycerus senguni Schweiger, 1966
SpeciesPlatycerus sepultus Germar, 1837
SpeciesPlatycerus spinifer Schaufuss, 1862
SpeciesPlatycerus striatus Fourcroy & Geoffroy, 1785  ⇒ Tenebroides mauritanicus
SpeciesPlatycerus sue Imura, 2007
SpeciesPlatycerus sugitai Okuda & Fujita, 1987
SpeciesPlatycerus tabanai Okuda & Tanikado, 1994
3Subspecies
SpeciesPlatycerus taibashanensis Okuda, 2003
SpeciesPlatycerus takakuwai Fujita, 1987
3Subspecies
SpeciesPlatycerus tangi Imura, 2008
SpeciesPlatycerus tanikadoi Imura, 2002
SpeciesPlatycerus thoracica Casey, 1895
SpeciesPlatycerus thoracicus
SpeciesPlatycerus tieguanzi Imura, 2007
SpeciesPlatycerus trivialis Dalla Torre, 1879
SpeciesPlatycerus turnai Imura, 2001
2Subspecies
SpeciesPlatycerus unzendakensis Fujita & Ichikawa, 1982
SpeciesPlatycerus urushiyamai Imura, 2007
SpeciesPlatycerus vicinus Gusakov, 2003
SpeciesPlatycerus virescens Fabricius, 1775  ⇒ Platycerus caraboides
Oak Stag Beetle
SpeciesPlatycerus viridiaeneus Mulsant, 1842  ⇒ Platycerus caraboides
SpeciesPlatycerus viridicollis Depoli, 1917
SpeciesPlatycerus viridicuprus Kubota, Kubota & Otobe, 2008
2Subspecies
SpeciesPlatycerus viridis Dalla Torre, 1879  ⇒ Platycerus caraboides
SpeciesPlatycerus viriditinctus Benesh, 1942
SpeciesPlatycerus weidengensis Huang & Chen, 2022
SpeciesPlatycerus xiongmao Imura, 2008
SpeciesPlatycerus yangi Huang, Chen & Imura, 2010
SpeciesPlatycerus yeren Imura, 2008
SpeciesPlatycerus yii Huang & Chen, 2017
SpeciesPlatycerus yingqii Huang & Chen, 2009
SpeciesPlatycerus zherichini Nikolajev Nikolajev, 1990

Synonyms
Lucanus (Scopoli, 1763)
Platycerys (Geoffroy, 1762)
Systenocerus (Weise, 1883)
Systenus (Sharp & Muir, 1912)


Distribution of Platycerus Geoffroy, 1762
Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mauritius, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, North Korea, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA


Found in fossile formations
Rott Formation


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