Platycerus quercus (Weber, 1801)

Freese, Edwin L., Veal, Doug A. & Lago, Paul K., 2020, The Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) of Iowa: An annotated checklist, Insecta Mundi 2020 (787), pp. 1-83 : 12

Platycerus quercus (Weber, 1801)

Wickham 1911; ISIC; IWUC; DAVC; ELFC; MJPC.

Collection dates: March–November.

Collected at light.

At various times over the decades this species has been identified as Platycerus virescens (Fabricius, 1775) . Smith and Paulsen (2017) discussed the situation and applied the correct name listed here.

County records ( Figure 36 ): Appanoose, Benton, Boone, Cedar, Davis, Des Moines, Fremont, Henry, Jefferson, Johnson, Lee, Louisa, Madison, Page, Story, Van Buren, Wapello, Washington, Wayne, Webster.

Subfamily LUCANINAE Latreille, 1804

Tribe LUCANINI Latreille, 1804

Dorcus MacLeay, 1819

Figures

Figures 34–41. Distribution of Scarabaeoidea in Iowa. 34) Nicagus obscurus (LeConte, 1847). 35) Ceruchus piceus (Weber, 1801). 36) Platycerus quercus (Weber, 1801). 37) Dorcus parallelus (Say, 1824). 38) Lucanus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1764). 39) Lucanus placidus Say, 1825. 40) Xenochodaeus americanus (Westwood, 1852). 41)