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Platycerus caprea

Platycerus caprea

Classification

Class
Insecta
Family
Lucanidae

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. 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.

Distribution

Scaccini D, Bartolozzi L, Zilioli M, Di Giulio A, Ruzzier E · CC BY
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
France · 28Switzerland · 21Germany · 17Italy · 7