''Leptinopterus'' is a genus of stag beetles in the family

Lucanidae 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 ...

. There are more than 30 described species in ''Leptinopterus'', found in South America.

Species

These 32 species belong to the genus ''Leptinopterus'': * '' Leptinopterus affinis'' Parry, 1872 (

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) * '' Leptinopterus asketus'' Grossi, 2009 (Brazil) * '' Leptinopterus assimilis'' Grossi, 2009 (Brazil) * '' Leptinopterus atramentarius'' Nagel, 1928 (Brazil) * '' Leptinopterus bicolor'' Luederwaldt, 1931 (Brazil) * '' Leptinopterus burmeisteri'' Arrow, 1943 (Brazil) * '' Leptinopterus caledoniaensis'' (Grossi, Racca-Filho & Vaz-de-Mello, 2003) (Brazil) * '' Leptinopterus consimilis'' Möllenkamp, 1901 (Brazil) * '' Leptinopterus constricticollis'' Heller, 1924 (Brazil) * '' Leptinopterus elegans'' Jakovlev, 1900 (Brazil) * '' Leptinopterus erythrocnemus'' (Burmeister, 1847) (

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, Brazil) * '' Leptinopterus femoratus'' (Olivier, 1789) (Argentina, Brazil,

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) * '' Leptinopterus fraternus'' Westwood, 1874 (Brazil) * '' Leptinopterus fryi'' (Parry, 1862) (Brazil) * '' Leptinopterus gracilipes'' Didier, 1928 (Brazil) * '' Leptinopterus gracilis'' Boileau, 1899 (Brazil) * '' Leptinopterus ibex'' (Billberg, 1820) (Brazil, French Guiana) * '' Leptinopterus inaharai'' Lacroix, 1982 (Brazil) * '' Leptinopterus mazama'' Kriesche, 1926 (Brazil) * '' Leptinopterus melanarius'' (Hope, 1845) (Brazil) * '' Leptinopterus nigrotibialis'' Luederwaldt, 1935 (Brazil) * '' Leptinopterus nitidus'' Luederwaldt, 1930 (Brazil) * '' Leptinopterus paranensis'' Parry, 1872 (Argentina, Brazil) * '' Leptinopterus pellitomarginatus'' Luederwaldt, 1930 (Brazil) * '' Leptinopterus puncticollis'' Luederwaldt, 1930 (Brazil) * '' Leptinopterus robustus'' Luederwaldt, 1930 (Brazil) * '' Leptinopterus spitzi'' (Ohaus, 1929) (Brazil) * '' Leptinopterus suturalis'' Luederwaldt, 1930 (Brazil) * '' Leptinopterus tibialis'' (Eschscholtz, 1822) (Argentina, Brazil,

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) * '' Leptinopterus v-nigrum'' (Hope, 1845) (Brazil) * '' Leptinopterus vestitus'' Benesh, 1937 (Brazil) * '' Leptinopterus ypirangensis'' Luederwaldt, 1930 (Brazil) Leptinopterus femoratus - inat 329334351.jpg, ''Leptinopterus femoratus'', Brazil Leptinopterus burmeisteri - inat 176316034.jpg, ''Leptinopterus burmeisteri'', Brazil Leptinopterus paranensis - inat 245010651.jpg, ''Leptinopterus paranensis'', Brazil Leptinopterus tibialis - inat 439697097.jpg, ''Leptinopterus tibialis'', Brazil

References

External links

* Lucanidae genera Taxa named by Frederick William Hope {{Lucanidae-stub