{{short description|Genus of beetles}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Ceruchus chrysomelinus m.jpg | image_caption = ''Ceruchus chrysomelinus'' | taxon = Ceruchus | authority = MacLeay, 1819 }}

'''''Ceruchus''''' is a genus of stag beetles in the family Lucanidae. It is found in Europe, Asia, the United States and Canada with the highest diversity in China.<ref name=itis/><ref name=gbif/><ref name=buglink/> thumb|''Ceruchus chrysomelinus''

==Species== These 20 species belong to the genus ''Ceruchus'': * ''Ceruchus atavus'' <small>Fairmaire, 1891</small> - India (Jammu, Kashmir) * ''Ceruchus chrysomelinus'' <small>(Hochenwarth, 1785)</small> - Europe * ''Ceruchus chuduraziensis'' <small>Okuda, 2007</small> - Myanmar (Kachin) * ''Ceruchus deuvei'' <small>Boucher & Kral, 1997</small> - China (Sichuan) * ''Ceruchus ganyanae'' <small>Huang & Chen, 2017</small> - China (Sichuan) * ''Ceruchus katerinae'' <small>Kral, 1995</small> - China (Sichuan) * ''Ceruchus lignarius'' <small>Lewis, 1883</small> - Japan and Russia (Sakhalin, Kuril Islands) * ''Ceruchus luojishanensis'' <small>Okuda, 2008</small> - China (Sichuan) * ''Ceruchus minor'' <small>Tanikado & Okuda, 1994</small> - China (Shaanxi, Henan, Sichuan) * ''Ceruchus motuoensis'' <small>Huang, Chen, Tao & Xiao, 2020</small> - China (Tibet) * ''Ceruchus niger'' <small>Boucher & Kral, 1997</small> - China (Yunnan, Sichuan) * ''Ceruchus piceus'' <small>(Weber, 1801)</small> - From Missouri (United States) and Manitoba (Canada) to Nova Scotia (Canada) * ''Ceruchus punctatus'' <small>LeConte, 1869</small> - From California (United States) to Alberta (Canada) * ''Ceruchus reginae'' <small>Boucher & Kral, 1997</small> - China (Yunnan) * ''Ceruchus sinensis'' <small>Nagel, 1933</small> - China (Yunnan) * ''Ceruchus striatus'' <small>LeConte, 1859</small> - From California (United States) to British Columbia (Canada) * ''Ceruchus tabanai'' <small>Okuda, 2008</small> - China (Sichuan) * ''Ceruchus yangi'' <small>Huang, Imura & Chen, 2011</small> - China (Guizhou) * ''Ceruchus yingqii'' <small>Huang & Chen, 2013</small> - China (Sichuan)

=== Fossil species === * ''Ceruchus fuchsii'' <small>Wickham, 1911</small> - Colorado (United States)

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=itis> {{Cite web| title=''Ceruchus'' Report | url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=929727 | website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System | accessdate=2019-09-22 }}</ref>

<ref name=gbif> {{Cite web| title=''Ceruchus'' | url=https://www.gbif.org/species/4425593 | website=GBIF | accessdate=2019-09-22 }}</ref>

<ref name=buglink> {{Cite web| title=''Ceruchus'' genus Information | url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/14895 | website=BugGuide.net | accessdate=2019-09-22 }}</ref> }}

==Further reading== {{refbegin}} * {{Cite web | accessdate = 2019-07-02 | title = Annotated checklist of the New World Lucanidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) | date = 2013 | last1 = Paulsen | first1 = M. J. | url = http://unsm-ento.unl.edu/Guide/Scarabaeoidea/Lucanidae/Lucanidae-Catalog/LucanidaeC.htm }} * {{Cite web | accessdate = 2019-07-02 | title = Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles | last1 = Ratcliffe | first1 = Brett | last2 = Jameson | first2 = Mary Liz | url = http://www.museum.unl.edu/research/entomology/Guide/Guide-introduction/Guideintro.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190330151517/http://www.museum.unl.edu/research/entomology/Guide/Guide-introduction/Guideintro.html | archive-date = 2019-03-30 | url-status = dead }} * {{Cite book | title = Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea | date = 2006 | editor-last1 = Lobl | editor-first1 = I. | editor-last2 = Smetana | editor-first2 = A. | publisher = Apollo Books | isbn = 978-90-04-30914-2 }} {{refend}}

==External links== {{refbegin}} * {{Commons category-inline|Ceruchus}} {{refend}}

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