Lucanus cervus

Lucanus cervus
	Male
	Female
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1) (Europe)
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) (Mediterranean)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Lucanidae
Genus:	Lucanus
Species:	L. cervus
Binomial name
	Lucanus cervus; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Lucanus scapulodonta Weinreich, 1963 ; Scarabaeus cervus Linnaeus, 1758 ; Scarabaeus tridentatus Linnaeus, 1758 (partim.) ;

Lucanus cervus, known as the European stag beetle, or the greater stag beetle, is one of the best-known species of stag beetle (family Lucanidae) in Western Europe, and is the eponymous example of the genus. L. cervus is listed as Near Threatened by the IUCN Red List.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Lucanus cervus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017. 2017. Retrieved 2017-01-23.old-form url
^ "Stag Beetle, Lucanus cervus (Linnaeus, 1758)". BioLib.cz. Retrieved 2017-07-05.

[IUCN-1] "Lucanus cervus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017. 2017. Retrieved 2017-01-23.old-form url

[BioLib-2] "Stag Beetle, Lucanus cervus (Linnaeus, 1758)". BioLib.cz. Retrieved 2017-07-05.

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