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Cantharolethrus

{{Short description|Genus of stag beetles}}

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| image_caption = Cantharolethrus luxerii

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| taxon = Cantharolethrus

| authority = Thomson, 1862

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Cantharolethrus is a genus of stag beetles in the subfamily Lucaninae. It is found from Mexico to South America.

Species

There are about six recognized species:

BioLib recognizes Cantharolethrus elongatus Lacroix, 1982 as a valid species, whereas other sources treat it as a synonym of Cantharolethrus peruvianus.

References

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{{cite web |url=https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id666330/ |work=BioLib.cz |title=Cantharolethrus Thomson, 1862 |access-date=18 January 2025}}

{{Catalogue of Life |id=3GVM |title=Cantharolethrus Thomson, 1862 |access-date=18 January 2025}}

{{cite web |url=https://unsm-ento.unl.edu/Guide/Scarabaeoidea/Lucanidae/Lucanidae-Catalog/LucanidaeC.htm |title=Annotated Checklist of the New World Lucanidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). Version 4.1 |author=M.J. Paulsen |date=15 June 2017 |work= |publisher=UNL State Museum - Division of Entomology |access-date=18 January 2025}}

{{cite book |last1=Ratcliffe |first1=Brett C. |editor1-last=Arnett Jr. |editor1-first=Ross H. |editor2-last=Thomas |editor2-first=Michael C. |editor3-last=Skelley |editor3-first=Paul E. |editor4-last=Frank |editor4-first=J. Howard |title=American beetles. Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea |date=2001 |publisher=CRC Press |location=Boca Raton, Florida |isbn=0-8493-0954-9 |pages=6–9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=YiPNBQAAQBAJ |chapter=Lucanidae Latreille, 1804}}

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Category:Lucaninae

Category:Beetles of North America

Category:Beetles of Central America

Category:Beetles of South America

Category:Taxa named by James Thomson

Category:Lucanidae genera

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