Erichius femoralis

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: Sclerostomini
Genus: Erichius
Species: Erichius femoralis

Name

• Erichius femoralis (Guérin-Méneville, 1839)
  • Original combination: Dorcus femoralis
  • Current combination authority: Paulsen, 2010
  • Combination: Pycnosiphorus femoralis
  • Primary type: lectotype
    • Fixation: designated by Paulsen (2010)

Synonyms

• Dorcus rufifemoralis Curtis, 1845
• Lucanus rubripes Hope in Westwood, 1845
• Dorcus pallidocinctus Fairmaire & Germain, 1861
  • Authority for synonymy: Paulsen, 2010
  • Primary type: neotype
    • Fixation: designated by Paulsen (2010)

References

• Cekalovic R., T. 1982: Larval and pupal description of Pycnosiphorus femoralis (Guerin, 1839). (Coleoptera, Lucanidae). Bol. Soc. Biol. De Concepcion, Chile, 53: 33–40. PDF
• Paulsen, M.J. 2010: The stag beetles of southern South America (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Bulletin of University of Nebraska State Museum, 24: 1–148. abstract only seen
• Hope, F.W. & Westwood, J.O. 1845. A catalogue of the lucanoid Coleoptera in the collection of the Rev. F. W. Hope together with descriptions of the new species therein contained. J.C. Bridgewater, London. 31 pp. BUGZ. Reference page. 

Links

• Erichius femoralis in Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles

Vernacular names

English: magellanic flightless stag beetle