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Dorcus parallelipipedus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Lucanidae

Taxonomy
Scarabaeus parallelipipedus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Dorcus parallelepipedus by Green et al. (2006); it was recombined as Dorcus parallelipipedus by Clapham (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Scarabaeus parallelipipedus Linnaeus p. 354
2006Dorcus parallelepipedus Green et al.
2023Dorcus parallelipipedus Clapham

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
RankNameAuthor
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyScarabaeoidea
familyLucanidae()
subfamilyLucaninae
tribeLucanini
genusDorcusMacLeay 1819
speciesparallelipipedus()

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.

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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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Middle Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Dorcus parallelipipedus (168265 168267)