Image to followAI-generated illustrationDorcus parallelipipedus
Dorcus parallelipipedus
Family: LucanidaeGenus: Dorcusnative in Germany
native in Germany
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7
Plants
visited
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9
Interactions
documented
About this species
A medium-sized stag beetle with a light brown, hairless body. It reaches a body length of about 2 cm and has relatively short mandibles. Recorded in Great Britain.
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Prey / FoodPlant food
Merkmale
Körper
Body length
1.9505 cm
Weight
0.36346 g
Scientific profile
Dorcus parallelipipedus is a lucanid beetle that has been recorded in Great Britain. Adults average around 2 cm in body length and weigh approximately 0.36 g. The body is moderately rounded, with a head width of 6.6 mm and a pronotum width of 8.2 mm. The elytra are 11.7 mm long. The mandibles measure 4.0 mm in length and have a low aspect ratio of 0.33. Wing dimensions give a wing loading of 5.42. The integument is hairless and light brown, with a colour lightness value of about 108 on a 0–255 scale. No sexual dimorphism is apparent in the measured traits.
Visited plants
7 plants are visited by this species
Fraxinus excelsior subsp. excelsiorUlmus glabraFagus sylvaticaPrunus cerasiferaTilia cordataQuercus roburCarpinus betulus
Sources & data origin
•TraitCH — CC BY 4.0TraitCH 2.0 contributors; imported as source-preserving NaturKompass taxon evidence.
•Interaktionsdaten via GloBI (CC-BY 4.0)
•Neff et al. (2025) — Swiss Moth Traits, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14506883 (CC BY)
•GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — GBIF Secretariat (2024), DOI: 10.15468/39omei (CC BY 4.0)
•Hagge et al. (2021) — Saproxylic Beetle Morphological Trait Database, Dryad, DOI: 10.5061/dryad.2fqz612p3 (CC0 1.0)
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