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Platycerini

Insecta - Coleoptera - Lucanidae

Taxonomy
Platycerini was named by Mulsant (1842). It is extant. Its type is Platycerus.

It was assigned to Lucaninae by Nikolayev (1990), Bouchard et al. (2011), Allsopp and Schoolmeesters (2026).

Subtaxa
Platycerus (type genus), Succiniplatycerus
Entered
by L. Edwards (authorized by M. Clapham) on 2012-03-02; modified by M. Clapham on 2026-04-07

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Platycerini Mulsant
1990Platycerini Nikolayev
2011Platycerini Bouchard et al.
2026Platycerini Allsopp and Schoolmeesters p. 227

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyScarabaeoidea
familyLucanidae()
subfamilyLucaninae
tribePlatyceriniMulsant 1842
tribePlatyceriniMulsant 1842

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.

Tr. Platycerini Mulsant 1842
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G. Platycerus Geoffroy 1762
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†Platycerus zherichini Nikolayev 1990
G. †Succiniplatycerus Nikolayev 1990
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland Platycerus berendti (109625)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Primorskiy) Platycerus zherichini (123794)