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Pycnosiphorus
Sign in to savePycnosiphorus is a genus of stag beetles found in South America.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderColeoptera
- 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
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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.