Eastern American Stag Beetle

Dorcus brevis

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Lucanidae

Dorcus brevis is a species of stag beetle that can be found in the Eastern United States. Dorcus brevis can be distinguished from the closely related Dorcus parallelus by its proportionally broader body, smooth elytra, and relatively short mandibles. In females, the mandibles are unidentate, while in Dorcus parallelus they are bidentate.

Distribution

Eastern American Stag Beetle — (c) Jeff Wilson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 111

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Jeff Wilson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionDorcus brevis, Wikipedia contributors

Eastern American Stag Beetle

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