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Pycnosiphorus

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Pycnosiphorus is a genus of stag beetles found in South America.

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Vinony's link graph records 2 inbound references to Pycnosiphorus, and connects out to Chile, Argentina and Animalia.

Vinony files it under Beetles described in 1851 and Lucanidae.

Vinony links it to 6 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderColeoptera
  5. FamilyLucanidae
Observations406

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
58
With media
2
Family
Lucanidae
Collections
RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, NHMUK, DMNS, EMEC
Recorded in
Chile, Argentina

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
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taxon name
Pycnosiphorus
taxon rank
genus
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Encyclopedic overview

4 sections
Contents
  • Appearance
  • Habitat
  • Distribution
  • External links

Pycnosiphorus is a genus of stag beetles found in South America.

== Appearance == Relatively small (11–17 millimetres), oblong, black or brown-black stag beetle. The top is more or less covered with gold or orange shells, which can form an orange border of the pronotum or wing covers. The jaws of the males can be slightly enlarged and curved.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pycnosiphorus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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