Platycerus quercus (Weber, 1801)

Traylor, Clayton R., Ulyshen, Michael D., Cornish, J. Winston, Tigreros, Gabriel & McHugh, Joseph V., 2025, Progress toward a list of saproxylic beetles (Coleoptera) in the southeastern USA, ZooKeys 1232, pp. 1-95 : 1-95

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1232.143989
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E7F3DF85-80E1-41FB-8DB4-25E9460FCC9F
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15027692
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2502A71A-DAE8-5208-800E-F472E5EAEC62
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scientific name	Platycerus quercus (Weber, 1801)
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Treatment

Platycerus quercus (Weber, 1801) View in CoL

Collection information.

USA: Georgia: Clarke Co.: a single individual from one site. Caught in flight trap from 25 March – 9 April 2020.

Distribution.

Eastern North America.

Saproxylic habits.

Larvae feed on decaying wood and develop within rotting oak and hickory logs ( Hoffmann 1937; Savely 1939).

References

Hoffmann CH (1937) Biological notes on Pseudolucanus placidus Say, Platycerus quercus Weber and Ceruchus piceus Weber (Lucanidae, Coleoptera). Entomological News 48: 281–284.

Savely HE (1939) Ecological relations of certain animals in dead pine and oak logs. Ecological Monographs 9: 321–385. https://doi.org/10.2307/1943233