Platycerus caprea

Platycerus caprea is a species of beetle, from the subfamily Lucaninae of family Lucanidae. It was discovered by Charles De Geer in 1774, and was thus the first known member of its genus.[1]

Platycerus caprea
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P. caprea
Binomial name
Platycerus caprea
(DeGeer, 1774)

Appearance

It has a dark blue body 10–13 mm in length, which is smaller than that of Platycerus caraboides, with which they are easy to confuse.

Geographical distribution

It is Eurasian, and can be found in the Ural Mountains as well as in Turkey.[1]

gollark: https://www.reddit.com/r/bees/comments/5kf5lz/urgent_what_is_the_volume_of_10000_western_honey/ seems to have some information, though.
gollark: This random website says bees weigh about 0.1g, but Wikipedia only provides information on bee length, not volume.
gollark: Bees probably compress quite well, I'd think.
gollark: Interesting question. All the search results I can find after about five seconds looking are for beeswax, which is of course a less interesting question.
gollark: https://xkcd.com/2276/

References

  1. Hallan, Joel (2010). "Synopsis of the described Coleoptera of the World". Biology Catalog of Texas A&M University. Archived from the original on 2016-06-10. Retrieved 2016-12-11.


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