Dorcus Explained

Dorcus is a genus of beetles in the stag beetle family Lucanidae. Of the over 100 species, most occur in Asia and India; two are found in southern Europe, and two species are from North America. Previously, specimens with serriform teeth on the mandibles and sable pigment were called Serrognathus whereas specimens with but a singular or multiple bulky notches on the mandibles and lustrous sable pigmentation were called Dorcus.^[1]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Dorcus:^[2]

• Dorcus alcides
• Dorcus alexisi - Cyprus
• Dorcus amamianus
• Dorcus antaeus
• Dorcus arfakianus - Papua New Guinea
• Dorcus arrowi - southern and south-eastern Asia
• Dorcus bandaensis - Indonesia
• Dorcus bashanus - China
• Dorcus bolanus - Papua New Guinea
• Dorcus branaungi - Myanmar, China
• Dorcus brevis - North America
• Dorcus bucephalus
• Dorcus capricornis - Solomon Islands
• Dorcus carinulatus - temperate Asia
• Dorcus cervulus - Vietnam, Thailand, China
• Dorcus chayuensis - China
• Dorcus consentaneus
• Dorcus cuonaensis - China
• Dorcus curvidens
• Dorcus cylindricus - India
• Dorcus daedalion - China, south-eastern Asia
• Dorcus davidis - China, Mongolia
• Dorcus derelictus - India
• Dorcus detanii - Indonesia
• Dorcus donckieri
• Dorcus egregius - New Guinea, Solomon Islands
• Dorcus fujii - Vietnam
• Dorcus fuliginosus - India
• Dorcus furusui - Indonesia
• Dorcus fuscescens - Indonesia
• Dorcus ghiliani - Indonesia
• Dorcus gongshanus - China
• Dorcus grandis
• Dorcus haitschunus - China, North Korea, South Korea
• Dorcus hamidi - Indonesia
• Dorcus hansi - China
• Dorcus hansteini
• Dorcus hirticornis
• Dorcus hopei
• Dorcus hyperion
• Dorcus immundus - India
• Dorcus insolitus - Indonesia
• Dorcus intermedius - Oceanea
• Dorcus intricatus - China
• Dorcus japonicus - Japan
• Dorcus kamijoi - Vietnam
• Dorcus katsurai - Vietnam, China
• Dorcus kawamurai - India
• Dorcus kesiniae - eastern Asia
• Dorcus kikunoae - India
• Dorcus kirchneri - Indonesia
• Dorcus koreanus
• Dorcus kyanrauensis
• Dorcus kyawi - Myanmar, China
• Dorcus lachnosternus
• Dorcus lacroixi - Malaysia
• Dorcus laevidorsis
• Dorcus lhoba - China
• Dorcus lineatopunctatus
• Dorcus linwenhsini - China
• Dorcus linzhiensis - China
• Dorcus liyingbingi - China
• Dorcus lvbu - China
• Dorcus macleayi - India
• Dorcus maryi - Papua New Guinea
• Dorcus mattisi
• Dorcus meeki
• Dorcus menba - China
• Dorcus mencius - China
• Dorcus mineti
• Dorcus mirabilis - Malaysia
• Dorcus miwai - Taiwan and temperate Asia
• Dorcus mizunumai - Indonesia
• Dorcus mochizukii
• Dorcus monpa - India
• Dorcus montivagus
• Dorcus multicavus
• Dorcus musimon - southern Europe and North Africa
• Dorcus myinti - Myanmar, China
• Dorcus nepalensis - India
• Dorcus niasicus - Indonesia
• Dorcus niedorfi - Myanmar
• Dorcus nitidus - Indonesia, Papua New Guinea
• Dorcus nosei - Myanmar, China
• Dorcus parallelipipedus - lesser stag beetle; Palearctic, Mexico (introduced)
• Dorcus parallelus - North America
• Dorcus pemakoi - China
• Dorcus peyronis - Europe, Middle East
• †Dorcus primigenius - Eocene of Czech Republic
• Dorcus prochazkai - Iran
• Dorcus rama - Indonesia
• Dorcus ratiocinativus - India
• Dorcus rectus - temperate Asia
• Dorcus reichei - Indomalaya, China
• Dorcus ritsemae
• Dorcus rubrofemoratus
• Dorcus rugosus - India
• Dorcus saiga
• Dorcus schenklingi - Taiwan and temperate Asia
• Dorcus seguyi
• Dorcus semenowi - China
• Dorcus sewertzowi - western and southwestern Asia
• Dorcus sinensis
• Dorcus striatipennis - Japan, Russia Far East
• Dorcus submolaris - Indomalaya
• Dorcus sukkiti - Myanmar, China
• Dorcus suturalis - Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Thailand
• Dorcus taiwanicus - Taiwan and temperate Asia
• Dorcus tanakai - China, Vietnam
• Dorcus taoi - China
• Dorcus tatsuhikoi - Vietnam
• Dorcus tenuihirsutus - South Korea, China
• Dorcus ternatensis - Indonesia
• Dorcus tianlongi - China
• Dorcus tityus - Bangladesh, India
• Dorcus townesi - Philippines
• Dorcus tsunodai - Vietnam
• Dorcus ursulus - India, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, China
• Dorcus velutinus - China, Indomalaya
• Dorcus vicinus - China
• Dorcus vidam - Vietnam
• Dorcus wardi - China, Myanmar
• Dorcus wickhami - Australia
• Dorcus wui - China
• Dorcus yaksha
• Dorcus yamadai - Taiwan and temperate Asia
• Dorcus yuukae - Philippines
• Dorcus zhangmuensis - China
• BOLD:ADJ7517 (Dorcus sp.)

External links

• Live stag beetles and dried stag beetles large galleries.

Notes and References

1. Book: Brett C. Ratcliffe . Lucanidae . . . . 2002 . 8.
2. Web site: Dorcus Macleay, 1819 . 2024-05-20 . www.gbif.org . en.