Dorcasoides Motschulsky 1856 (stag beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Lucanidae

Full reference: V. Motschulsky. 1856. Lettres de M. de Motschulsky à M. Ménétriés. Études Entomologique 5:3-38

Parent taxon: Lucanidae according to F. T. Krell 2000

See also Carpenter 1992

Sister taxa: Aesalinae, Ceruchitinae, Cretolucanus, Lampriminae, Litholampriminae, Lucaninae, Paleognathus, Paralucaninae, Prosinodendron, Protolucaninae, Syndesinae

Subtaxa: Dorcasoides bilobus

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Danziger Naturkundemuseum Menge collection (Eocene of Poland)

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