taxonID	type	description	language	source
743C87CFF06CFFE01F884641DD4DFD2C.taxon	materials_examined	Type genus: Platyceroides Benesh 1946: 175, here designated.	en	Paulsen, M. J., Hawks, David C. (2008): Platyceroidini, a new tribe of North American stag beetles (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae). Insecta Mundi 2008 (58): 1-2, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5170173
743C87CFF06CFFE01F884641DD4DFD2C.taxon	description	Description. Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Lucanidae: Lucaninae. Length: 7.6 - 13.2 mm. Width: 3.2 - 5.8 mm. Color: Black to reddish-brown, occasionally with metallic reflections. Head: Anterior margin straight or weakly emarginate, not deeply, semi-circularly excised. Eye canthus weak but distinct (anterior margin of eye located on dorsal surface of head, per Holloway 1969). Antenna partially geniculate; antennal club composed of 3 antennomeres in both sexes. Mandibles small in both sexes, approximately 1 / 3 to 1 / 2 length of head; form not strongly sexually dimorphic, simply falcate, at most with weakly indicated tooth internally near base. Pronotum: Form broadly rounded, narrowly to broadly explanate. Elytra: Surface punctate, weakly striate. Wings: Males mostly with functional flight wings (one species with flightless males), females flightless in all species. Abdomen: Sixth ventrite rarely visible beyond apex of 5 th ventrite unless genitalia protruding. Male genitalia with internal sac permanently everted, with saclike accessory lobes not strongly sclerotized; flagellum present or absent.	en	Paulsen, M. J., Hawks, David C. (2008): Platyceroidini, a new tribe of North American stag beetles (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae). Insecta Mundi 2008 (58): 1-2, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5170173
