Dorcus brevis

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| image = Dorcus brevis-adult female North Carolina.jpg

| image_caption = Adult female

| taxon = Dorcus brevis

| authority = (Say, 1825){{ cite web | title=ITIS Standard Report Page: Dorcus brevis | url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=930032 | work=Integrated Taxonomic Information System | accessdate=2015-09-12 }}

| synonyms =

• Lucanus brevis (Say, 1825)
• Dorcus caucasicus (Ganglbauer, 1886)
• Dorcus nanus (Casey, 1909)

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Dorcus brevis is a species of stag beetle that can be found in the Eastern United States.{{ cite web | title = Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles: Dorcus brevis | url=http://museum.unl.edu/research/entomology/Guide/Scarabaeoidea/Lucanidae/LUC/DOR/brevis.html | accessdate= September 12, 2015 }}