Metadorcinus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Scarabaeiformia
Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Lucanidae
Subfamilia: Lucaninae
Tribus: Sclerostomini
Genus: Metadorcinus
Species: M. aku – M. amuelleri – M. auritus – M. beneshi – M. buckleyi – M. cruentus – M. dentifer – M. ditomoides – M. neotragus – M. plagiatus – M. ranki – M. securiformis – M. signatipennis – M. sylviae – M. tucumanus – M. yamauchii

Unaccepted species (1): M. digennaroi
Name

Metadorcinus Kriesche, 1922
Synonymy

Beneshius Weinreich, 1960: 52–53. Type species: Sclerostomus cruentus Burmeister, 1847, by original designation.

References

Arnaud, Noguichi & Bomans 2007: [Description of five new species of Lucanidae, Coleoptera of Peru.] Besoiro, 17: 2–8.
Arnaud, Noguchi & Bomans 2008: [Descriptions of a new genus and two new species of Coleoptera, Lucanidae from Peru. Comments on the genus Scortizus.] Besoiro, 18: 2–7.
Grossi, P.C.; Vaz-De-Mello, F.Z. 2007: A new species of Metadorcinus Kriesche from Brazil with notes on the genus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Lucanidae). Zootaxa, 1478: 49–59. Abstract & excerpt
Simoens, H. 2010: Une nouvelle espèce de Metadorcinus Kriesche 1922 (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) de Bolivie. animma.x, (34) [not seen]
Weinreich, E. 1960: Revision südamerikanischer Lucanidae (Ins. Col.), II. Die Gattungen Charagmophorus, Metadorcus, Scortizus, Apterodorcus, Beneshius, Sclerostomus und Pycnosiphorus. Senckenbergiana biologica, 41: 41–95.
Weinreich, E. 1963: Revision südamerikanischer Lucanidae (Ins. Col.), III. Die Gattungen Pholidotus, Aegognathus, Macrocrates, Auxicerus, und Ergänzungen zu Metadorcus, Scortizus, Beneshius, und Sclerostomus. Senckenbergiana biologica, 44: 183–212.

Selected links

Metadorcinus in Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles