# Ceruchus

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{{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 beetle](/source/stag_beetle)s in the family [Lucanidae](/source/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](/source/Ceruchus_atavus)'' <small>Fairmaire, 1891</small> - India ([Jammu](/source/Jammu), [Kashmir](/source/Kashmir))
* ''[Ceruchus chrysomelinus](/source/Ceruchus_chrysomelinus)'' <small>(Hochenwarth, 1785)</small> - Europe
* ''[Ceruchus chuduraziensis](/source/Ceruchus_chuduraziensis)'' <small>Okuda, 2007</small> - [Myanmar](/source/Myanmar) ([Kachin](/source/Kachin_State))
* ''[Ceruchus deuvei](/source/Ceruchus_deuvei)'' <small>Boucher & Kral, 1997</small> - China ([Sichuan](/source/Sichuan))
* ''[Ceruchus ganyanae](/source/Ceruchus_ganyanae)'' <small>Huang & Chen, 2017</small> - China ([Sichuan](/source/Sichuan))
* ''[Ceruchus katerinae](/source/Ceruchus_katerinae)'' <small>Kral, 1995</small> - China ([Sichuan](/source/Sichuan))
* ''[Ceruchus lignarius](/source/Ceruchus_lignarius)'' <small>Lewis, 1883</small> - Japan and Russia ([Sakhalin](/source/Sakhalin), [Kuril Islands](/source/Kuril_Islands))
* ''[Ceruchus luojishanensis](/source/Ceruchus_luojishanensis)'' <small>Okuda, 2008</small> - China ([Sichuan](/source/Sichuan))
* ''[Ceruchus minor](/source/Ceruchus_minor)'' <small>Tanikado & Okuda, 1994</small> - China ([Shaanxi](/source/Shaanxi), [Henan](/source/Henan), [Sichuan](/source/Sichuan))
* ''[Ceruchus motuoensis](/source/Ceruchus_motuoensis)'' <small>Huang, Chen, Tao & Xiao, 2020</small> - China ([Tibet](/source/Tibet_Autonomous_Region))
* ''[Ceruchus niger](/source/Ceruchus_niger)'' <small>Boucher & Kral, 1997</small> - China ([Yunnan](/source/Yunnan), [Sichuan](/source/Sichuan))
* ''[Ceruchus piceus](/source/Ceruchus_piceus)'' <small>(Weber, 1801)</small> - From [Missouri](/source/Missouri) (United States) and [Manitoba](/source/Manitoba) (Canada) to [Nova Scotia](/source/Nova_Scotia) (Canada)
* ''[Ceruchus punctatus](/source/Ceruchus_punctatus)'' <small>LeConte, 1869</small> - From [California](/source/California) (United States) to [Alberta](/source/Alberta) (Canada)
* ''[Ceruchus reginae](/source/Ceruchus_reginae)'' <small>Boucher & Kral, 1997</small> - China ([Yunnan](/source/Yunnan))
* ''[Ceruchus sinensis](/source/Ceruchus_sinensis)'' <small>Nagel, 1933</small> - China ([Yunnan](/source/Yunnan))
* ''[Ceruchus striatus](/source/Ceruchus_striatus)'' <small>LeConte, 1859</small> - From [California](/source/California) (United States) to [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia) (Canada)
* ''[Ceruchus tabanai](/source/Ceruchus_tabanai)'' <small>Okuda, 2008</small> - China ([Sichuan](/source/Sichuan))
* ''[Ceruchus yangi](/source/Ceruchus_yangi)'' <small>Huang, Imura & Chen, 2011</small> - China ([Guizhou](/source/Guizhou))
* ''[Ceruchus yingqii](/source/Ceruchus_yingqii)'' <small>Huang & Chen, 2013</small> - China ([Sichuan](/source/Sichuan))

=== Fossil species ===
* ''[Ceruchus fuchsii](/source/Ceruchus_fuchsii)'' <small>Wickham, 1911</small> - [Colorado](/source/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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