Occurrence records of Chinese species of Ceruchus MacLeay (Coleoptera: Lucanidae)

Occurrence
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Description

This dataset contains occurrence data for Chinese species of the genus Ceruchus MacLeay (Coleoptera, Lucanidae). It serves as the underpinning data for the taxonomic revisionary notes and the description of a new species published in the journal ZooKeys.

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Huang Y (2026). Occurrence records of Chinese species of Ceruchus MacLeay (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Version 1.1. Pensoft Publishers. Occurrence dataset. https://ipt.pensoft.net/resource?r=ceruchus_gbif&v=1.1

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Keywords

Occurrence

Contacts

yujie Huang
  • Originator
AnHui university
230000 Hefei
Anhui
CN
xia Wan
  • Point Of Contact
AnHui university
230000 Hefei
Anhui
CN
Yujie Huang
  • User

Geographic Coverage

Specimens were collected from China.

Bounding Coordinates South West [18, 73], North East [53, 135]

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 2004-11-02 / 2025-03-19

Project Data

No Description available

Title National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 32370502)

The personnel involved in the project:

yujie Huang
  • Author

Sampling Methods

Specimens were manually collected by inspecting dead and decaying logs, or obtained through field surveys and contributions from local entomology enthusiasts.

Study Extent Specimens of Ceruchus were collected from various forest habitats across China, focusing on rotting wood and mountainous regions where these stag beetles naturally occur.

Method step description:

  1. Specimens were properly preserved, examined for morphological characteristics (including aedeagus dissection when necessary), and verified against taxonomic literature and type specimen records.

Additional Metadata

Acknowledgements We sincerely thank the editor and reviewers for their hard work. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to Mr Junle Ye (Chengdu, China) who kindly provided specimens used in this study. We also extend our sincere thanks to Mr Hao Huang (Qingdao, China) and Mr. Chang-Chin Chen (Tianjin, China) for kindly providing photographs of the type specimens for several Ceruchus species. Finally, we gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 32370502).
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