Platycerus masumotoi

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: Platycerus masumotoi

Name

• Platycerus masumotoi Imura, 2011 ZooBank
  • Authority for current placement: original
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Original genus: Platycerus Geoffroy, 1762
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: [adult] male
    • Repository: OMNH TI 504
  • Type locality: 'Pass between Xiaoyingpan and Xialuba, on the borders between Shimian Xian of Ya'an Shi and Mianning Xian of Liangshan-yizu-zizhizhou, 2,580-2,640 m in altitude, 28°53'50''-52''N/102°17'48''-18'00''E, ca. 10 km south of Liziping, south-central Sichuan, Southwest China'

References

• 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. 

Links

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