Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Subclassis: Pterygota
Divisio: Neoptera
Subdivisio: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Scarabaeiformia
Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea
Familia: Lucanidae
Subfamilia: Lucaninae
Tribus: Platycerini
Genus: Platycerus
Species: P. acuticollis - P. akitaorum - P. albisomni - P. bashanicus - P. benesi - P. businskyi - P. caprea - P. caraboides - P. caucasicus - P. consimilis - P. cribripennis - P. cupreimicans - P. cyanidraconis - P. delagrangei - P. delicatulus - P. depressus - P. dundai - P. feminatus - P. hiurai - P. hongwonpyoi - P. kawadai - P. kitawakii - P. ladyae - P. mandibularis - P. marginalis - P. miyatakei - P. nagahatai - P. oregonensis - P. perplexus - P. primigenius - P. rugosus - P. senguni - P. spinifer - P. sue - P. sugitai - P. tabanai - P. takakuwai - P. tangi - P. tieguanzi - P. turnai - P. urushiyamai - P. vicinus - P. virescens - P. viridicuprus - P. xiongmao - P. yeren - P. yingqii - †P. sepultus - †P. zherichini
Name
* Platycerus Geoffroy, 1762 [placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by ICZN (1994: 61)] [source: ICZN (1994: 61)]
o Gender: masculine [source: ICZN (1994: 61)]
o Type species: Scarabaeus caraboides Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent designation by Latreille (1810) [source: ICZN (1994: 61)]
References
cited sources
* ICZN 1994: OPINION 1754. Histoire abrégée des insectes qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris (Geoffroy, 1762): some generic names conserved (Crustacea, Insecta). Bulletin of zoological nomenclature, 51: 58-70. ISSN: 0007-5167 Internet Archive BHL BioStor
additional references
* Benesh, B. 1946: A systematic revision of the Holarctic genus Platycerus Geoffroy (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 72: 139-202, plates IV-IX. JSTOR
* Huang, H.; Chen, C.-c. 2009: Notes on the morphology, taxonomy, and natural history of the genus Platycerus Geoffroy from China, with the description of a new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Lucanidae). Zootaxa, 2087: 1-36. Abstract & excerpt
* Imura, Y. 2008: An up-to-date movement on the genus Platycerus (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) of Japan. Gekkan-Mushi, 450: 2-9. ISSN: 0388-418X [in Japanese] [not seen]
* Imura, Y. 2009: Discovery of the genus Platycerus (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) in Guizhou Province, South China. Elytra, Tokyo, 37(1): 77-81. [not seen]
* Imura, Y. 2010: The genus Platycerus of East Asia. Roppon-Ashi Entomological Books. ISBN 978-4-902649-06-2 [not seen]
* Imura, Y. 2010: Supplementary notes on my latest book, "The genus Platycerus of East Asia". Gekkan-Mushi, (474): 2-7. ISSN: 0388-418X [in Japanese] [not seen]
* Kubota, K.; Kubota, N.; Otobe, H. 2008: A revision of Platycerus acuticollis Y. Kurosawa (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) and its closely related species. Biogeography, 10: 79-102.
* Kubota, K.; Kubota, N.; Otobe, H.; Nagahata Y. 2009: A morphological phylogeny of the genus Platycerus (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) in Japan. Biogeography, 11: 57-72.
* Kubota, K.; Kubota, N.; ? 2009: Phylogeny and evolution of the genus Platycerus (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) in Japan (1) Taxonomy of the acuticollis species group. Gekkan-Mushi, (462): 6-21. ISSN: 0388-418X [in Japanese] [not seen]
* Kubota, K.; Kubota, N.; ? 2010: Phylogeny and evolution of the genus Platycerus (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) in Japan (2) Morphological analyses. Gekkan-Mushi, (474): 8-14. ISSN: 0388-418X [in Japanese] [not seen]
* Paulsen, M.J.; Caterino, M.S. 2009: The Platycerus (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) of California, with the recognition of Platycerus cribripennis Van Dyke as a valid species. ZooKeys, 8: 89-94. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.8.118
links
* ION
* Nomenclator Zoologicus
* Platycerus in Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles
