en Platycerus caprea

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Platycerus caprea

Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
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

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

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

References

^ ^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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