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Platyceropsis keeni
Platyceropsis keeni (CASEY, 1895).
Platycerus keeni CASEY, 1895:153 [Queen Charlotte Is.].
Platycerus pedicellaris MOLLENKAMP, 1912 [California : Humboldt Co.].
Platycerus thoracicus CASEY; Van Dyke, 1928.
Casey, 1895:153; Keen, 1895:219; Keen, 1898:74; Wickham, 1899:23; Mollenkamp, 1912:302; Casey, 1914:374; Angell, 1917:22; Van Dyke, 1928:107, 111; Benesh, 1946:195, pl.9; McKey-Fender, 1948:43; Didier & Seguy, 1953:171; Hatch & Kincaid, 1958:18; Benesh, 1960:10; Holloway, 1969:958; Hatch, 1971:432; Ohtsuki & Kanazawa, 1990:23, 28; Maes, 1992:15
Platyceropsis keeni (CASEY); Mizunuma & Nagai, 1994:211, 316, pl.6, fig. 72(1-2), pl. 156, fig. 227.
Poole & Gentili, 1996:297.
Canada : British Columbia : Queen Charlotte Is. (female HOLOTYPUS of Platycerus keeni CASEY).
Canada : British Columbia : Queen Charlotte Is. : Massett--53°57N-132°05W
USA : Washington : Moclips--47°15N-124°15W
USA : Oregon : Lincoln Co. : Waldport, 44°30N-124°10W, IV-1975 (1 male, 1 female citated by Mizunuma & Nagai 1994).
USA : Oregon : Portland--45°30N-122°42W
USA : Oregon : Mt. Gearhart--42°30N-120°50W
USA : Oregon : Clatsop Co. (Cannon Beach)
USA : Oregon : Neskowin, Taft
USA : California : Humboldt Co. (Arcata--40°55N-124°10W)
Saproxylophagous :
Betulaceae : Alnus.
Salicaceae : Populus.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
MIZUNUMA T. & NAGAI S. (1994) The Lucanid Beetles of the World. Mushi-Sha's Iconographic Series of Insects, Ed. H. Fujita, Japan. Vol. I : 337 pp., 156 pls.
TEXT : MAES JEAN-MICHEL
PICTURES : GALANT ALAIN