''Paralissotes'' is a genus of

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that is

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.Holloway, B.A. "Lucanidae (Insecta: Coleoptera)". ''Landcare New Zealand''. Landcare Research. p. 109. __TOC__

Taxonomy

''Paralissotes'' was described in 1996 by Beverly Holloway. New Zealand species previously placed in the Australian '' Lissotes'' genus were transferred to ''Paralissotes'' due to notable differences in the form of the elytral scales.Holloway, B.A. 1996: Two new genera of New Zealand stag beetles previously treated as ''Dorcus'' MacLeay and ''Lissotes'' Westwood (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). ''New Zealand journal of zoology'' 23(1): 61–66. doi: 10.1080/03014223.1996.9518065 '' Paralissotes reticulatus'' is the

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for this genus.

Etymology

The name ''Paralissotes'' refers to how similar the genus is to ''Lissotes'', "para" means close/near whilst "lissotes" refers to the ''Lissotes'' genus.

Distribution

This genus is distributed from

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to as far south as

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in the

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at altitudes below 1000m. These stag beetles are absent from the

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Species

There are seven currently accepted ''Paralissotes'' species: * '' Paralissotes mangonuiensis'' (Brookes, 1927) * '' Paralissotes oconnori'' (Holloway, 1961) * '' Paralissotes planus'' (Broun, 1880) * '' Paralissotes reticulatus'' (Westwood, 1844) * '' Paralissotes rufipes'' (Sharp, 1886) * '' Paralissotes stewarti'' (Broun, 1881) * '' Paralissotes triregius'' (Holloway, 1963)

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q11994758 Lucaninae Endemic beetles of New Zealand