Dorcus

Dorcus
Dorcus parallelipipedus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Lucanidae
Subfamily: Lucaninae
Tribe: Dorcini
Genus: Dorcus
MacLeay 1819[1]
Synonyms[2]
List
  • Ditomoderus Parry, 1864
  • Dorcas Hope, 1842
  • Dorcus Parry, 1862
  • Durelius Houlbert, 1915
  • Dynodorcus Didier, 1931
  • Eurydorcus Didier, 1931
  • Eurytrachellelus Didier, 1931
  • Eurytrachelus Thomson, 1862
  • Goniodorcus Didier, 1931
  • Hemisodorcus Thomson, 1862
  • Macrodorcas Motschulsky, 1861
  • Macrodorcus Felsche, 1898
  • Nipponodorcus Nomura & Kurosawa, 1960
  • Telodorcus Didier, 1931
  • Velutinodorcus Maes, 1992
Dorcus alcides
Dorcus ternatensis

Dorcus is a genus in the stag beetle subfamily Lucaninae and typical of the tribe Dorcini. Of the over 100 species, most occur in Asia and India; two are found in Europe, and two species are from North America. Previously, specimens with serriform teeth on the mandibles and sable pigment were called Serrognathus whereas specimens with but a singular or multiple bulky notches on the mandibles and lustrous sable pigmentation were called Dorcus.[3]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Dorcus:[2]

References

  1. ^ MacLeay WS (1819) Horae entomologicae: or essays on the annulose animals. S.Bagster. London Vol.1 Part 1:1-160. Available here
  2. ^ a b "Dorcus Macleay, 1819". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2026-01-27.
  3. ^ Brett C. Ratcliffe (2002). "Lucanidae". In Ross H. Arnett Jr. & Michael C. Thomas (ed.). American Beetles. CRC Press. p. 8.

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