Lucanus cervus Linnaeus 1758

Insecta - Coleoptera - Lucanidae

Alternative combination: Scarabaeus cervus

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Lucanus according to C. P. Green et al. 2006

See also De Geer 1774, Fabricius 1775, Goeze 1777, Linnaeus 1758, Linnaeus 1761, Linnaeus 1767, Müller 1776 and Scopoli 1763

Sister taxa: none

Distribution: found only at Sample 7, Nightingale Estate pit, Hackney (Quaternary of the United Kingdom)

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