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Similar Species:
There are some 50 Lucanus species distributed around the Northern Hemisphere, most in Asia. Five species occur in the U.S. and northern Mexico, three restricted to the eastern United States, one species is found in the Southwest and one additional species in northern Mexico. U.S. Lucanus taxonomy.
Texas Taxa:
Lucanus capreolus (Linnaeus) May to August most in June and July Lucanus elaphus Fabricius March to August most in June Lucanus placidus Say May to September most in May and June Nicagus occultus Paulsen & Smith, 2005 has just been described from Monahans Sandhill State Park
Photos: Lucanus elaphus - Male
- Female
Lucanus capreolus
- Male - Female
Lucanus placidus - Female
- Male
& Female
Weblinks:
Stag Beetle - TAMU
Lucanus elaphus - Jay Comeaux
Hidden Sand Stag Beetle - The Beetle Experience
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M.C. Thomas, P.E. Skelley & J.H. Frank. (editors). 2002. American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. 880 pp.
Dillon, E.S. & L.S. Dillon. 1961. A Manual of Common Beetles of Eastern North America. Row, Peterson, and Co., Evanston, IL. 884 pp.
Milne, L. J. 1933. Notes on Pseudolucanus placidus (Say) (Lucanidae, Coleoptera). Canadian Entomologist 65: 106-114.
Paulsen, M.J. 2005. Annotated checklist of the New World Lucanidae. University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln. Online publication
Paulsen, M.J. & A.D. Smith. 2005. A new species of stag beetle from sand dunes in west Texas, and a synopsis of the genus Nicagus (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Aesalinae: Nicagini). Zootaxa 1050: 45–60. [published: 16 Sept. 2005]
Riley, E.G. & C.S. Wolfe. 2003. An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas. Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement, no. 26. 37 pp.
Ritcher, P.O. 1966. White Grubs and Their Allies, a Study of North American Scarabaeoid Larvae. Oregon State University Monograph Series No. 4: 1-219.
White, R.E. 1983. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 405 pp.
29 Sept 2009 © Mike Quinn / entomike@gmail.com / Texas Entomology / Texas Beetle Information
