Leptinopterus

Leptinopterus
Male Leptinopterus tibialis, Brazil
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Lucanidae
Subfamily:	Lucaninae
Tribe:	Sclerostomini
Genus:	Leptinopterus Hope, 1838
Synonyms
Leptynopterus Hope, 1838 Psalicerus Dejean, 1836 Psalidostomus Burmeister, 1847 Psalipocerus Agassiz, 1846 Psallicerus Gistl, 1848

Leptinopterus is a genus of stag beetles in the family Lucanidae. There are more than 30 described species in Leptinopterus, found in South America.[1][2][3]

Species

These 32 species belong to the genus Leptinopterus:

• Leptinopterus affinis Parry, 1872 (Brazil)
• Leptinopterus asketus Grossi, 2009 (Brazil)
• Leptinopterus assimilis Grossi, 2009 (Brazil)
• Leptinopterus atramentarius Nagel, 1928 (Brazil)
• Leptinopterus bicolor Luederwaldt, 1931 (Brazil)
• Leptinopterus burmeisteri Arrow, 1943 (Brazil)
• Leptinopterus caledoniaensis (Grossi, Racca-Filho & Vaz-de-Mello, 2003) (Brazil)
• Leptinopterus consimilis Möllenkamp, 1901 (Brazil)
• Leptinopterus constricticollis Heller, 1924 (Brazil)
• Leptinopterus elegans Jakovlev, 1900 (Brazil)
• Leptinopterus erythrocnemus (Burmeister, 1847) (Argentina, Brazil)
• Leptinopterus femoratus (Olivier, 1789) (Argentina, Brazil, French Guiana)
• Leptinopterus fraternus Westwood, 1874 (Brazil)
• Leptinopterus fryi (Parry, 1862) (Brazil)
• Leptinopterus gracilipes Didier, 1928 (Brazil)
• Leptinopterus gracilis Boileau, 1899 (Brazil)
• Leptinopterus ibex (Billberg, 1820) (Brazil, French Guiana)
• Leptinopterus inaharai Lacroix, 1982 (Brazil)
• Leptinopterus mazama Kriesche, 1926 (Brazil)
• Leptinopterus melanarius (Hope, 1845) (Brazil)
• Leptinopterus nigrotibialis Luederwaldt, 1935 (Brazil)
• Leptinopterus nitidus Luederwaldt, 1930 (Brazil)
• Leptinopterus paranensis Parry, 1872 (Argentina, Brazil)
• Leptinopterus pellitomarginatus Luederwaldt, 1930 (Brazil)
• Leptinopterus puncticollis Luederwaldt, 1930 (Brazil)
• Leptinopterus robustus Luederwaldt, 1930 (Brazil)
• Leptinopterus spitzi (Ohaus, 1929) (Brazil)
• Leptinopterus suturalis Luederwaldt, 1930 (Brazil)
• Leptinopterus tibialis (Eschscholtz, 1822) (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay)
• Leptinopterus v-nigrum (Hope, 1845) (Brazil)
• Leptinopterus vestitus Benesh, 1937 (Brazil)
• Leptinopterus ypirangensis Luederwaldt, 1930 (Brazil)

• 
  Leptinopterus femoratus, Brazil
• 
  Leptinopterus burmeisteri, Brazil
• 
  Leptinopterus paranensis, Brazil
• 
  Leptinopterus tibialis, Brazil

References

1. "GBIF, Leptinopterus". Retrieved 2024-12-27.
2. "Catalogue of Life, Leptinopterus Hope, 1838". Retrieved 2024-12-27.
3. Biolib

External links

• Citizen science observations for Leptinopterus at iNaturalist