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Platycerus caraboides (Linnaeus, 1758)

Eduard Berlov, Oleg Kabakov


Platycerus caraboides L., male

Platycerus caraboides, male


Platycerus caraboides L., female

Platycerus caraboides, female


SCIENTIFIC NAME: Platycerus caraboides (Linnaeus, 1758)
BODY LENGTH:
common body length 9-12 mm.
DISTRIBUTION:
TYPE LOCALITY: South Sweden
ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS:
Linné, C. von. 1758: Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Tomus I.- Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae, 823 pp.
SYNONYMY:
= Scarabaeus caraboides Linnaeus, 1758: 354
= chalybaeus Mac Leay, 1819
= virescens Mulsant, 1842
= viridiaeneus Mulsant, 1842
= azurea Dalla Torre, 1879
= aeneus Weise, 1883
= delugranei Fairmaire, 1892
= viridicollis Depoli, 1917
= corniolicus Roubal, 1919
SUBSPECIES: No.
LARVA:
PUPA: not described.