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Lucanus
Taxonomy
Lucanus was named by Scopoli (1763). It is extant. It is the type genus of Lucaninae.
It was assigned to Coleoptera by Scopoli (1763), Linnaeus (1767), Müller (1776), Goeze (1777) and Latreille (1796); to Eleuterata by Fabricius (1775) and Fabricius (1798); to Scarabaeides by Latreille (1802); to Lucanidae by Carpenter (1992); and to Lucanini by Bouchard et al. (2011).
It was assigned to Coleoptera by Scopoli (1763), Linnaeus (1767), Müller (1776), Goeze (1777) and Latreille (1796); to Eleuterata by Fabricius (1775) and Fabricius (1798); to Scarabaeides by Latreille (1802); to Lucanidae by Carpenter (1992); and to Lucanini by Bouchard et al. (2011).
Species
Synonymy list
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: Middle Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.129 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.129 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Pleistocene | United Kingdom | L. cervus (168267) |