''Platycerus hongwonpyoi'' is a species of
stag beetle
Stag beetles are a family of about 1,200 species of beetles in the family Lucanidae, currently classified in four subfamilies.Smith, A.B.T. (2006). A review of the family-group names for the superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) with corrections ...
, from the
Lucinidae family and
Lucaninae
The Lucaninae comprise the largest subfamily of the stag beetles (Lucanidae).
Characteristics include partial to complete division of the eyes by a canthus, geniculate antennae, and distinctly separated coxae. The body is typically elongate ...
subfamily. It was discovered in Korea by Imura and Choe in 1989.
The species has numerous sub-species, including:
* ''Platycerus hongwonpyoi dabashanensis'' (Okuda, 1997)
* ''Platycerus hongwonpyoi funiuensis'' (Imura, 2005)
* ''Platycerus hongwonpyoi merkli'' (Imura & Choe, 1989)
* ''Platycerus hongwonpyoi mongolicus'' (Imura & Bartolozzi, 2006)
* ''Platycerus hongwonpyoi quanbaoshanus'' (Imura, 2011)
* ''Platycerus hongwonpyoi quinlingensis'' (Imura, 1993)
* ''Platycerus hongwonpyoi shennongjianus'' (Imura, 2008)
References
Beetles described in 1989
Lucanidae
Insects of Korea
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