{{short description|Species of beetle}} {{Speciesbox | genus = Nicagus | species = obscurus | authority = (LeConte, 1847) }}
'''''Nicagus obscurus''''' is a species of stag beetle in the family Lucanidae. It is found in North America.<ref name=itis/><ref name=gbif/><ref name=buglink/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id507253/|title = BioLib: Biological library}}</ref> Larvae can be found in the grooves of aspen driftwood. Adults emerge in August.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Katovich |first1=K. |last2=Kriska |first2=N. L. |title=Description of the Larva of Nicagus obscurus (LeConte) (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Nicaginae), with Comments on Its Position in Lucanidae and Notes on the Larval and Adult Habitat |journal=The Coleopterists Bulletin |date=2002 |volume=56 |issue=2 |pages=253–258 |doi=10.1649/0010-065X(2002)056[0253:DOTLON]2.0.CO;2 |jstor=4009659 |s2cid=88230340 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4009659 |issn=0010-065X|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=itis> {{Cite web| title=''Nicagus obscurus'' Report | url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=930031 | website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System | accessdate=2019-09-24 }}</ref>
<ref name=gbif> {{Cite web| title=''Nicagus obscurus'' | url=https://www.gbif.org/species/6957723 | website=GBIF | accessdate=2019-09-24 }}</ref>
<ref name=buglink> {{Cite web| title=''Nicagus obscurus'' species Information | url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/171491 | website=BugGuide.net | accessdate=2019-09-24 }}</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 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}}
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Category:Lucanidae Category:Articles created by Qbugbot Category:Beetles described in 1847 Category:Taxa named by John Lawrence LeConte Category:Beetles of North America
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