Geodorcus

{{short description|Genus of beetles}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2024}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Geodorcus_helmsi_male.jpg

| image_caption = Geodorcus helmsi

| taxon = Geodorcus

| authority = Holloway, 1996

}}

Geodorcus is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Lucanidae. They are endemic to New Zealand.{{cite journal|last1=Holloway|first1=B.A.|year=2007|title=Lucanidae (Insecta: Coleoptera)|url=https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/26326/FNZ61Lucanidae.pdf|journal=Fauna of New Zealand|number=61|publisher=Landcare Research|access-date=2016-11-04|archive-date=2017-05-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517231057/http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/26326/FNZ61Lucanidae.pdf|url-status=dead}}

All Geodorcus species are protected under Schedule 7 of The 1953 Wildlife Act, making it an offense to hunt, kill or possess a specimen.{{cite web|title=Wildlife Act 1953|url=http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1953/0031/latest/whole.html#DLM277090|website=New Zealand Legislation|publisher=Parliamentary Counsel Office|accessdate=4 November 2016}}