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      Lucanus 
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        Scarabaeus capreolus Linnaeus, 1763: 391. (orig. comb.) 
            L. dama Fabricius 1775: 2. (synonym)  
            L. trigonus Thunberg, 1806: 199. (synonym) 
            L. muticus Thunberg, 1806: 205. (synonym) 
         
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        ........L. 
          capreolus, male.  
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        L. 
          capreolus, female. (ventral) 
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      Biology:  
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        Mathieu, J. M. 1969. Mating behavior of five species of Lucanidae (Coleoptera: Insecta). Canadian Entomologist 101: 1054-1062. 
       
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      Distribution:  
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        Ratcliffe, B.C. 1991. The Passalidae and Lucanidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of Nebraska. Great Plains Research 1: 249-282. 
       
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        Riley, E. G. and C. S. Wolfe. 2003. An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas. Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement, no. 26. 37 pp. 
       
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              Author: M. 
              J. Paulsen 
              Generated on: 13/SEP/2006 
              University of Nebraska State Museum - Division of Entomology
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