Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Coleoptera (Beetles) ➔ Family Lucanidae (Stag beetles)
Dorcus parallelipipedus (Linnaeus, 1785)
Balkenschröter Lesser Stag Beetle
Synonyms and other combinations:
Scarabaeus parallelipipedus Linnaeus, 1758 | Dorcus mexicanus Benesh, 1944 | Dorcus parallelipipedus immaturus Mulsant, 1842 | Dorcus parallelipipedus leuthneri Ganglbauer, 1886 | Dorcus parallelipipedus minor Seabra, 1905 | Dorcus parallelipipedus reichei Ganglbauer, 1886 | Dorcus truquii Mulsant, 1855 | Lucanus infractus Bergstrasser, 1778 | Dorcus tuberculatus MacLeay, 1819 | Lucanus capra Panzer, 1798 ? | Lucanus dama Müller, 1776 ? | Scarabaeus punctatus Pontoppidan, 1765 ? |
(?: ambiguous synonym)
female
DE, Rheinland-Pfalz, Unkel, Rheinsteig
2015-05-16 11:42:18
Classification:
Dorcus parallelipipedus belongs to the subfamily Lucaninae, tribe Dorcini.References, further reading, links:
- Schoolmeesters P. (2019). Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database (version Jan 2019). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.
- Arved Lompe: Die Käfer Europas - Ein Bestimmungswerk im Internet
- Paul Hendriks. (2019). Life cycle length of the lesser stag beetle (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Dorcus parallelipipedus). Entomologische Berichten 79 (6): 208-216.
- Maria Fremlin, Paul Hendriks. (2011). Sugaring for stag beetles – different feeding strategies of Lucanus cervus and Dorcus paralellipipedus. Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 70: 57-67.
- UK Beetles