''Aegus platyodon'' is a species of
stag beetle
Stag beetles comprise the family Lucanidae. It has about 1,200 species of beetles in four subfamilies.Smith, A.B.T. (2006). A review of the family-group names for the superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) with corrections to nomenclature and a c ...
beetle in the genus ''
Aegus
Aegus and Roscillus were two chiefs of the Allobroges, who had served Julius Caesar with great fidelity in the Gallic Wars, and were treated by him with great distinction. They accompanied him in his campaigns against Pompey
Gnaeus Pompeius ...
''.
There are currently ten accepted
subspecies
In Taxonomy (biology), biological classification, subspecies (: subspecies) is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (Morphology (biology), morpholog ...
:
*''Aegus platyodon bellus''
Möllenkamp, 1902
*''Aegus platyodon foraminatus''
Bomans, 1993
*''Aegus platyodon insolitus''
Jakovlev, 1897
*''Aegus platyodon lacroixi''
Bomans, 1993
*''Aegus platyodon leopoldi''
Didier, 1932
*''Aegus platyodon loeblei''
Nagai, 1994
*''Aegus platyodon meeki''
Didier, 1928
*''Aegus platyodon montanus''
Möllenkamp, 1911
*''Aegus platyodon platyodon''
Parry, 1862
*''Aegus platyodon porrectodon''
Bomans, 1993
References
Lucaninae
Beetles described in 1862
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