Platycerus

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 (55 + 2†): P. acuticollis – P. akitaorum – P. albisomni – P. bashanicus – P. benesi – P. businskyi – P. canae – P. caprea – P. caraboides – P. caucasicus – P. consimilis – P. cribripennis – P. cupreimicans – P. cyanidraconis – P. delagrangei – P. delicatulus – P. depressus – P. diluvialis – P. dundai – P. feminatus – P. hiurai – P. hongwonpyoi – P. kawadai – P. kitawakii – P. ladyae – P. liyingbingi – P. mandibularis – P. marginalis – P. masumotoi – P. miyatakei – P. nagahatai – P. oregonensis – P. perplexus – P. piceus – P. primigenius – P. pseudocaprea – P. quercus – P. rugosus – P. senguni – P. spinifer – P. sue – P. sugitai – P. tabanai – P. takakuwai – P. tangi – P. tieguanzi – P. turnai – P. urushiyamai – P. vicinus – P. viridicuprus – P. xiongmao – P. yangi – P. yeren – P. yii – P. yingqii – †P. sepultus – †P. zherichini

Name

Platycerus Geoffroy, 1762: 59 [conserved name]

Gender: masculine
Type species: Scarabaeus caraboides Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent designation by Latreille (1810)
Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by ICZN (1994: 61)

References

Geoffroy, E.L. 1762. Histoire abrégée des insectes qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris; dans laquelle ces animaux sont rangés suivant un ordre méthodique. Tome premier. Durand, Paris. xxviii + 523 pp., 10 pls. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.14710. BHL. Reference page.
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. JSTOR
Huang, H. & Chen, C.-C. 2009. Notes on the morphology, taxonomy, and natural history of the genus Platycerus Geoffroy from China, with the description of a new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Lucanidae). Zootaxa 2087: 1–36. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2087.1.1 . 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.
Imura, Y. 2008: An up-to-date movement on the genus Platycerus (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) of Japan. Gekkan-Mushi, (450 ): 2–9. [in Japanese] [not seen]
Imura, Y. 2009: Discovery of the genus Platycerus (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) in Guizhou Province, South China. Elytra, Tokyo, 37 (1): 77–81. [not seen]
Imura, Y. 2010: The genus Platycerus of East Asia. Roppon-Ashi Entomological Books. ISBN 978-4-902649-06-2 [not seen]
Imura, Y. 2010: Supplementary notes on my latest book, "The genus Platycerus of East Asia". Gekkan-Mushi, (474 ): 2–7. [in Japanese] [not seen]
Imura, Y. 2011. Two new taxa of the genus Platycerus (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) from China. In: Kawai, S. (ed.) Masumushi: entomological papers dedicated to Dr. Kimio Masumoto on the occasion of his retirement. Special publication of the Japanese Society of Scarabaeoidology 1: 131–141. Reference page.
Imura, Y. 2012: Description of a new Platycerus (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) from Sichuan, southwest China, with records of two other species belonging of the same genus. Elytra (n.s.) 2(1): 61–68. [not seen] Reference page.
Kubota, K., Kubota, N. & Otobe, H. 2008. A revision of Platycerus acuticollis Y. Kurosawa (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) and its closely related species. Biogeography 10: 79–102. Reference page.
Kubota, K., Kubota, N. & Otobe, H. 2009. Phylogeny and evolution of the genus Platycerus (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) in Japan (1) Taxonomy of the acuticollis species group. Gekkan-Mushi (462): 6–21. [in Japanese] Reference page.
Kubota, K., Kubota, N., Otobe, H. & Nagahata, Y. 2009. A morphological phylogeny of the genus Platycerus (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) in Japan. Biogeography 11: 57–72. Reference page.
Kubota, K., Kubota, N. & Otobe, H. 2010. Phylogeny and evolution of the genus Platycerus (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) in Japan (2) Morphological analyses. Gekkan-Mushi (474): 8–14. [in Japanese] Reference page.
Kubota, K., Kubota, N. & Otobe, H. 2011. Phylogeny and evolution of the genus Platycerus (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) in Japan (3) Distribution borders and interspecific gene flow in the acuticollis species group. Gekkan-Mushi (486): 19–24. [in Japanese] Reference page.
Kubota, K., Nagahata, Y., Ikeda, H., Kubota, N., Otobe, H. & Umetsu, K. 2011. Diversification process of stag beetles belonging to the genus Platycerus Geoffroy (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) in Japan based on nuclear and mitochondrial genes. Entomological science 14(4): 411–427. DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2011.00466.x Reference page.
Latreille, P.A. 1810. Considérations générales sur l'ordre naturel des animaux composant les classes des crustacés, des arachnides, et des insectes : avec un tableau méthodique de leurs genres, disposés en familles. Paris: Schoell, 444 pp. BHL Reference page.
Paulsen, M.J.; Caterino, M.S. 2009: The Platycerus (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) of California, with the recognition of Platycerus cribripennis Van Dyke as a valid species. ZooKeys, 8: 89–94. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.8.118
Smith A.B.T & Paulsen, M.J. 2017. Corrections to the nomenclature of three species of North American Lucanidae (Coleoptera). Coleopterists Bulletin 71(3): 571–577. DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-71.3.571 ResearchGate Reference page.

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