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      Cantharolethrus Thomson, 1862 
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        C. luxerii, female.  
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         C. luxerii, male.  
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      Distribution: Neotropical South America, Central America: NIcaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.  
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        Bartolozzi, L., H.E. Bomans, and G. Onore. 1992. Contributo alla conoscenza dei Lucanidae dell'Ecuador (Insecta, Coleoptera). Frustula Entomologica, Nuova Serie 14(27): 143-246. 
       
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        Maes, J.M., & Á. Solís. 2002. El género Cantharolethrus Thomson (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) en Centroamérica. Dugesiana 9(2): 1-6. 
       
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        Reyes, A., B. Hernández, Á. Solís, and J.-M. Maes.  2014.Cantharolethrus (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) nuevo reporte para la fauna de Nicaragua. Revista Nicaraguense de Entomologia 77: 1-6. 
       
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        Schenk, K.-D. 2017. Catalogue of Lucanidae: Genus Cantharolethrus. Beetles World 15: 10-16. 
       
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      Composition: 6 species. 
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              Author: M. 
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              Generated on: 16/DEC/2006. Updated 5/JAN/2016. 
              University of Nebraska State Museum - Division of Entomology
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