Ceruchus
| Ceruchus | |
|---|---|
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| Ceruchus chrysomelinus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Lucanidae |
| Subfamily: | Syndesinae |
| Genus: | Ceruchus MacLeay, 1819 |
Ceruchus is a genus of stag beetles in the family Lucanidae. It is found in Europe, Asia, the United States and Canada with the highest diversity in China.[1][2][3]
Species
[edit]These 20 species belong to the genus Ceruchus:
- Ceruchus atavus Fairmaire, 1891 - India (Jammu, Kashmir)
- Ceruchus chrysomelinus (Hochenwarth, 1785) - Europe
- Ceruchus chuduraziensis Okuda, 2007 - Myanmar (Kachin)
- Ceruchus deuvei Boucher & Kral, 1997 - China (Sichuan)
- Ceruchus ganyanae Huang & Chen, 2017 - China (Sichuan)
- Ceruchus katerinae Kral, 1995 - China (Sichuan)
- Ceruchus lignarius Lewis, 1883 - Japan and Russia (Sakhalin, Kuril Islands)
- Ceruchus luojishanensis Okuda, 2008 - China (Sichuan)
- Ceruchus minor Tanikado & Okuda, 1994 - China (Shaanxi, Henan, Sichuan)
- Ceruchus motuoensis Huang, Chen, Tao & Xiao, 2020 - China (Tibet)
- Ceruchus niger Boucher & Kral, 1997 - China (Yunnan, Sichuan)
- Ceruchus piceus (Weber, 1801) - From Missouri (United States) and Manitoba (Canada) to Nova Scotia (Canada)
- Ceruchus punctatus LeConte, 1869 - From California (United States) to Alberta (Canada)
- Ceruchus reginae Boucher & Kral, 1997 - China (Yunnan)
- Ceruchus sinensis Nagel, 1933 - China (Yunnan)
- Ceruchus striatus LeConte, 1859 - From California (United States) to British Columbia (Canada)
- Ceruchus tabanai Okuda, 2008 - China (Sichuan)
- Ceruchus yangi Huang, Imura & Chen, 2011 - China (Guizhou)
- Ceruchus yingqii Huang & Chen, 2013 - China (Sichuan)
Fossil species
[edit]- Ceruchus fuchsii Wickham, 1911 - Colorado (United States)
References
[edit]- ^ "Ceruchus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
- ^ "Ceruchus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
- ^ "Ceruchus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
Further reading
[edit]- Paulsen, M. J. (2013). "Annotated checklist of the New World Lucanidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea)". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- Ratcliffe, Brett; Jameson, Mary Liz. "Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles". Archived from the original on 2019-03-30. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2006). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-30914-2.
External links
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Media related to Ceruchus at Wikimedia Commons
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