''Dorcus'' is a
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of beetles in the
family
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Lucanidae
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(stag beetles). Of the 30-odd species, most occur in
Asia
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and
India
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; two are found in southern
Europe
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, and two species are from
North America
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. Previously, specimens with serriform teeth on the mandibles and sable pigment were called ''Serrognathus'' whereas specimens with but a singular or multiple bulky notches on the mandibles and lustrous sable pigmentation were called ''Dorcus''.
Species
The following species are members of the genus ''Dorcus'':
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* '' Dorcus alexisi'' Muret & Drumont, 1999 Cyprus
* '' Dorcus amamianus'' (Nomura, 1964)
* '']Dorcus antaeus
''Dorcus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Lucanidae (stag beetles). Of the 30-odd species, most occur in Asia and India; two are found in southern Europe, and two species are from North America. Previously, specimens with serriform teeth o ...
'' Hope, 1842
* '' Dorcus apatani'' (Okuda & Maeda, 2015)
* '' Dorcus arfakianus'' (Lansberge, 1880) Papua New Guinea
* '' Dorcus arrowi'' (Boileau, 1911) south and southeast Asia
* '' Dorcus australicus'' (Bomans, 1985) Australia
* '' Dorcus bandaensis'' Okuda, 2000 Indonesia
* ''Dorcus bashanus
''Dorcus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Lucanidae (stag beetles). Of the 30-odd species, most occur in Asia and India; two are found in southern Europe, and two species are from North America. Previously, specimens with serriform teeth o ...
'' Huang & Chen, 2013 China
* ''Dorcus bhaskarai
''Dorcus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Lucanidae (stag beetles). Of the 30-odd species, most occur in Asia and India; two are found in southern Europe, and two species are from North America. Previously, specimens with serriform teeth o ...
'' Hosoguchi, 2006 Indonesia
* ''Dorcus bolanus
''Dorcus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Lucanidae (stag beetles). Of the 30-odd species, most occur in Asia and India; two are found in southern Europe, and two species are from North America. Previously, specimens with serriform teeth o ...
'' Nagel, 1928 Papua New Guinea
* ''Dorcus branaungi
''Dorcus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Lucanidae (stag beetles). Of the 30-odd species, most occur in Asia and India; two are found in southern Europe, and two species are from North America. Previously, specimens with serriform teeth o ...
'' Nagai, 2000 Myanmar, China
* ''Dorcus brevis
''Dorcus brevis'' is a species of stag beetle that can be found in the Eastern United States
The Eastern United States, commonly referred to as the American East, Eastern America, or simply the East, is the region of the United States to th ...
'' (Say, 1825) North America
* ''Dorcus capricornis
''Dorcus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Lucanidae (stag beetles). Of the 30-odd species, most occur in Asia and India; two are found in southern Europe, and two species are from North America. Previously, specimens with serriform teeth o ...
'' (Möllenkamp, 1909) Solomon Islands
* ''Dorcus carinulatus
''Dorcus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Lucanidae (stag beetles). Of the 30-odd species, most occur in Asia and India; two are found in southern Europe, and two species are from North America. Previously, specimens with serriform teeth o ...
'' Nagel, 1941 temperate Asia
* ''Dorcus cervulus
''Dorcus'' is a genus of beetles in the family Lucanidae (stag beetles). Of the 30-odd species, most occur in Asia and India; two are found in southern Europe, and two species are from North America. Previously, specimens with serriform teeth o ...
'' (Boileau, 1901) Vietnam, Thailand, China
* '' Dorcus chayuensis'' Huang & Chen, 2017 China
* '' Dorcus chucheni'' Huang & Chen, 2013 China
* '' Dorcus cuonaensis'' Huang & Chen, 2013 China
* '' Dorcus curvidens'' (Hope, 1840)
* '' Dorcus cylindricus'' Thomson, 1862 India
* '' Dorcus daedalion'' (Didier & Séguy, 1953) China, southeast Asia
* '' Dorcus davidis'' (Fairmaire, 1887) China, Mongolia
* '' Dorcus derelictus'' Parry, 1862 India
* '' Dorcus detanii'' Mizunuma, 1994 Indonesia
* '' Dorcus donckieri'' (Boileau, 1898)
* '' Dorcus dungkharpai'' (Okuda & Maeda, 2015) India
* '' Dorcus egregius'' (Möllenkamp, 1898) New Guinea, Solomon Islands
* '' Dorcus fujii'' Nagai & Maeda, 2010 Vietnam
* '' Dorcus fuliginosus'' (Didier, 1928) India
* '' Dorcus furusui'' Baba, 2008 Indonesia
* '' Dorcus fuscescens'' Didier, 1931 Indonesia
* '' Dorcus ghiliani'' (Gestro, 1881) Indonesia
* '' Dorcus gongshanus'' Huang & Chen, 2013 China
* '' Dorcus grandis'' Didier, 1926
* '' Dorcus haitschunus'' (Didier & Séguy, 1952) China, North Korea, South Korea
* '' Dorcus hamidi'' Ikeda, 2005 Indonesia
* '' Dorcus hansi'' Schenk, 2008 China
* '' Dorcus hansteini'' (Albers, 1889)
* '' Dorcus hirticornis'' (Jakovlev, 1896)
* ''Dorcus hopei
''Dorcus hopei'' is a species of beetle in the family Lucanidae (stag beetles), sometimes kept as a pet.
Description
Jet-black in colour, male beetles may reach 80 mm (3.1 inches) long, although females can be up to 48 mm (1.8 inches). Males u ...
'' (Saunders, 1854)
* '' Dorcus hyperion'' (Boileau, 1899)
* '' Dorcus immundus'' Arrow, 1938 India
* '' Dorcus imrani'' (Okuda & Maeda, 2015) India
* '' Dorcus insolitus'' (Didier, 1931) Indonesia
* '' Dorcus intermedius'' (Gestro, 1881) Oceanea
* '' Dorcus intricatus'' (Lacroix, 1981) China
* '' Dorcus japonicus'' Nakane & Makino, 1985 Japan
* '' Dorcus kamijoi'' Fujita, 2009 Vietnam
* '' Dorcus katsurai'' Ikeda, 2000 Vietnam, China
* '' Dorcus kawamurai'' Fujita, 2010 India
* '' Dorcus kesiniae'' (Choeyjanta et al, 2018) east Asia
* '' Dorcus kikunoae'' Hosoguchi, 2004 India
* '' Dorcus kirchneri'' Schenk, 2008 Indonesia
* '' Dorcus kyawi'' Nagai & Maeda, 2009 Myanmar, China
* '' Dorcus lachnosternus'' (de Lisle, 1972)
* '' Dorcus lacroixi'' (Bomans, 1973) Malaysia
* '' Dorcus laevidorsis'' Fairmaire, 1888
* '' Dorcus lhoba'' Huang & Chen, 2013 China
* '' Dorcus lineatopunctatus'' (Hope, 1831)
* '' Dorcus linwenhsini'' Huang & Chen, 2013 China
* '' Dorcus linzhiensis'' Huang, Chen, Tao & Xiao, 2020 China
* '' Dorcus liyingbingi'' Huang & Chen, 2013 China
* '' Dorcus lvbu'' Huang & Chen, 2013 China
* '' Dorcus macleayi'' (Hope, 1845) India
* '' Dorcus maryi'' Schenk, 2016 Papua New Guinea
* '' Dorcus mattisi'' Schenk, 2022
* '' Dorcus meeki'' Boileau, 1906
* '' Dorcus menba'' Huang & Chen, 2013 China
* '' Dorcus mencius'' (Kriesche, 1935) China
* '' Dorcus mirabilis'' (Parry, 1864) Malaysia
* '' Dorcus miwai'' Benesh, 1936 Taiwan and temperate Asia
* '' Dorcus mizunumai'' Fujita, 2010 Indonesia
* '' Dorcus monpa'' Okuda & Maeda, 2014 India
* '' Dorcus montivagus'' (Lewis, 1883)
* '' Dorcus motuoensis'' Huang & Chen, 2013
* '' Dorcus musimon'' Gené, 1836 southern Europe and North Africa
* '' Dorcus myinti'' Nagai & Maeda, 2009 Myanmar, China
* '' Dorcus nepalensis'' (Hope, 1831) India
* '' Dorcus niasicus'' (Nonfried, 1895) Indonesia
* '' Dorcus niedorfi'' Schenk, 2013 Myanmar
* '' Dorcus nitidus'' Kirsch, 1877 Indonesia, Papua New Guinea
* '' Dorcus nosei'' Nagai, 2000 Myanmar, China
* ''Dorcus parallelipipedus
''Dorcus parallelipipedus'', the lesser stag beetle, is a species of stag beetle found in Europe.
Description
Both sexes resemble the female greater stag beetle (''Lucanus cervus''), though they are a uniformly blackish colour rather than havi ...
'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (lesser stag beetle) Palearctic, Mexico (introduced)
* '' Dorcus parallelus'' (Say, 1824) North America
* '' Dorcus parryi'' Thomson, 1862 Indonesia
* '' Dorcus pemakoi'' Huang, Okuda, Maeda & Chen, 2017 China
* '' Dorcus peyronis'' Reiche & Saulcy, 1856 Europe, Middle East
* '' Dorcus pilosipes'' (Waterhouse, 1883) Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands
* '' Dorcus planithorax'' (Bomans, 1987) Indonesia
* '' Dorcus prochazkai'' Schenk, 2003 Iran
* '' Dorcus rama'' (Boileau, 1897) Indonesia
* '' Dorcus ratiocinativus'' Westwood, 1871 India
* '' Dorcus rectus'' (Motschulsky, 1857) temperate Asia
* '' Dorcus reichei'' Hope, 1842 Indomalaya, China
* '' Dorcus ritsemae'' Oberthür & Houlbert, 1914
* '' Dorcus rubrofemoratus'' (van Vollenhoven, 1865)
* '' Dorcus rugosus'' Boileau, 1904 India
* '' Dorcus saiga'' (Olivier, 1789)
* '' Dorcus schenklingi'' (Möllenkamp, 1913) Taiwan and temperate Asia
* '' Dorcus semenowi'' (Jakovlev, 1900) China
* '' Dorcus sewertzowi'' Semenov, 1891 western and southwestern Asia
* '' Dorcus sinensis'' (Boileau, 1899)
* '' Dorcus striatipennis'' (Motschulsky, 1861) Japan, Russia Far East
* '' Dorcus submolaris'' (Hope, 1845) Indomalaya
* '' Dorcus sukkiti'' Fukinuki, 2004 Myanmar, China
* '' Dorcus suturalis'' Westwood, 1871 Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Thailand
* '' Dorcus taiwanicus'' Nakane & Makino, 1985 Taiwan and temperate Asia
* '' Dorcus tanakai'' Nagai, 2002 China, Vietnam
* '' Dorcus taoi'' Huang & Chen, 2020 China
* '' Dorcus tatsuhikoi'' Fujii & Okuda, 2020 Vietnam
* '' Dorcus taurus'' (Fabricius, 1801) ('' Serrognathus taurus'' in World Scarabaeidae Database[)
* '' Dorcus tenuihirsutus'' Kim & Kim, 2010 South Korea, China
* '' Dorcus ternatensis'' Thomson, 1862 Indonesia
* '' Dorcus tianlongi'' Wang & Zhou, 2019 China
* '']Dorcus titanus
''Dorcus titanus'' is a beetle of the family Lucanidae. It was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1835. Huang and Chen (2013) separated ''Serognathus'' from ''Dorcus'' by representing morphological characters and DNA analysis.
Description
M ...
'' ('' Serrognathus titanus'' in World Scarabaeidae Database[)
* '' Dorcus tityus'' Hope, 1842 Bangladesh, India
* '' Dorcus townesi'' (de Lisle, 1972) Philippines
* '' Dorcus tricuspis'' (Ritsema, 1882)
* '' Dorcus tsunodai'' Fujita, 2009 Vietnam
* '' Dorcus ursulus'' Arrow, 1938 India, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, China
* '' Dorcus velutinus'' Thomson, 1862 China, Indomalaya
* '' Dorcus vicinus'' Saunders, 1854 China
* '' Dorcus vidam'' (Nguyen & Schenk, 2015) Vietnam
* '' Dorcus wardi'' Arrow, 1943 China, Myanmar
* '' Dorcus wickhami'' (Waterhouse, 1894) Australia
* '' Dorcus wui'' Huang & Chen, 2013 China
* '' Dorcus yaksha'' Gravely, 1915
* '' Dorcus yamadai'' (Miwa, 1937) Taiwan and temperate Asia
* '' Dorcus yongreni'' Huang & Chen, 2016 China
* '' Dorcus yuukae'' Bartolozzi & Nagai, 2017 Philippines
* '' Dorcus zhangmuensis'' Huang & Chen, 2013 China
* † '' Dorcus primigenius'' Deichmüller, 1881 Eocene of Czech Republic
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