Dorcus parallelipipedus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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https://doi.org/ 10.3897/zookeys.34.292 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3789586 |
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Dorcus parallelipipedus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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Dorcus parallelipipedus (Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL
Scarabaeus parallelipipedus Linnaeus 1758: 354 , original combination. Palearctic synonymy given in Bartolozzi and Sprecher-Uebersax (2006).
Dorcus mexicanus Benesh 1944: 45 View in CoL , syn. n. Type material: Holotype male (FMNH) labeled a) “JALAPA / MEX ”; b) male symbol; c) “FIELD MUSEUM / (F. Psota
Figures 9–ΙΙ. Male genitalia (parameres and flagellum). 9 Dorcus parallelus View in CoL Ι0 Dorcus brevis View in CoL ΙΙ Dorcus parallelipipedus View in CoL . Scale bar = 5 mm.
Coll.)”; d) reddish-orange paper “ Holotype / male symbol CNHM / [ Dorcus / mexicanus / Benesh]” ; e) handwritten “ Dorcus / mexicanus / MS Benesh”, on reverse “ Det. Dec. 15, 1943 / B. Benesh ”. Female allotype labeled a) female symbol ; b) as c of holotype; c) on reddish-orange paper “ Allotype / CNHM female symbol / [ Dorcus / mexicanus / Benesh]” .
This species is distributed in Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa ( Bartolozzi & Sprecher-Uebersax 2006).
Acknowledgments
I thank James Boone (FMNH) and Gary Hevel (USNM) for their help in receiving type material on loan, and Phil Harpootlian (Simpsonville, SC) for providing specimens of D. brevis for study. Auto-Montaged images were supported, in part, by NSF- DBI 0500767.
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Cincinnati Museum of Natural History |
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Dorcus parallelipipedus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Paulsen, M. J. 2010 |
Dorcus mexicanus
Benesh B 1944: 45 |