Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Subclass Pterygota > Order Coleoptera > Suborder Polyphaga > Infraorder Scarabaeiformia > Superfamily Scarabaeoidea > Family Lucanidae > Genus Platycerus

Platycerus caraboides (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Scarabaeus Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Platycerus*	Geoffroy, 1762	accepted genus name
*Systenocerus*	Weise, 1883	generic synonym

Species group names

*Scarabaeus caraboides*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym

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Platycerus caraboides caraboides (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: Blåhjort sources: danish PESI focal point

Dutch: Blauw vliegend hert sources: Dutch Species Register

Swedish: lundblåoxe

Ukrainian: Рогач синій

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Citation

Dr Luca Bartolozzi. Platycerus caraboides (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=123311

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Last modified

2004-05-08 by Dr Miguel A. Alonso-Zarazaga & by Dr Luca Bartolozzi

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