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Erichius Maes, 1992
.....Erichius Maes, 1992: 52 (orig cit.)
.....Epipedus Solier, 1851: 49 (homonym)
.... Calvertius Maes, 1992: 53 (homonym)
.....Weinreichiellus Maes, 1992: 54 (unavailable name)
.....Neoepipedus Ozdikmen & Turgut, 2006: 145 (synonym)
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E. costatus (Benesh), male. Photo by M.J. Paulsen |
Approximate distribution
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Distribution:
Temperate and Subantarctic South America: Chile and adjacent areas of Argentina.
Revision or Synopsis:
Weinreich, E. 1958. Die südamerikanische Lucanidengattung Pycnosiphorus (Ins. Col.). Senckenbergiana Biologica 39: 265-288.
Weinreich, E. 1960. Revision südamerikanischer Lucanidae (Ins. Col.), II. Die Gattungen Charagmophorus, Metadorcus, Scortizus, Apterodorcus, Beneshius, Sclerostomus und Pycnosiphorus. Senckenbergiana Biologica 41: 41-95.
Paulsen, M.J. 2010. The stag beetles of southern South America (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Bulletin of University of Nebraska State Museum 24: 1-148. Available here.
Composition: 12 species.
Species profiles: (click on species)
E. brevicollis (Benesh)
E. caelatus (Blanchard)
E. calverti (Nagel)
E. costatus (Benesh)
E. darwinii (Hope)
E. fairmairii (Parry)
E. fasciatus (Germain)
E. femoralis (Guérin-Méneville)
E. franzae (Weinreich)
E. virgatus (Nagel)
E. vittatus (Eschscholtz)
E. zabulostictus Paulsen
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