Platycerus caprea - Wikipedia

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Platycerus caprea

Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Lucanidae
Genus:	Platycerus
Species:	P. caprea
Binomial name
*Platycerus caprea* (DeGeer, 1774)

Platycerus caprea is a species of beetle, from the subfamily Lucaninae of family Lucanidae. It was discovered by Charles De Geer in 1774, and was thus the first known member of its genus.^[1]

Appearance[edit]

It has a dark blue body 10–13 mm in length, which is smaller than that of Platycerus caraboides, with which they are easy to confuse.

Geographical distribution[edit]

It is Eurasian, and can be found in the Ural Mountains as well as in Turkey.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Hallan, Joel (2010). "Synopsis of the described Coleoptera of the World". Biology Catalog of Texas A&M University. Archived from the original on 2016-06-10. Retrieved 2016-12-11.

Taxon identifiers
Platycerus caprea	Wikidata: Q1041006 Wikispecies: Platycerus caprea BioLib: 7849 BOLD: 247684 CoL: 6VPQ3 EoL: 2866321 EPPO: PLTECP EUNIS: 132893 Fauna Europaea: 123313 Fauna Europaea (new): fe963105-3491-4e55-8808-f04871bd3a7b GBIF: 5743105 iNaturalist: 504597 NCBI: 614637 Observation.org: 195525 Open Tree of Life: 952261
Lucanus caprea	Wikidata: Q109604919 CoL: 6QP3D GBIF: 9122542

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