Description of a new species of the stag beetle genus Auxicerus Waterhouse, 1883 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Lucanidae) Author Perger, Robert 1019F079-5C55-4467-80BE-DBB75A50F10F Colección Boliviana de Fauna, Casilla 10077, Correo Central, La Paz, Bolivia. & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: 1019 F 079 - 5 C 55 - 4467 - 80 BE-DBB 75 A 50 F 10 F & Corresponding author: robertperger @ hotmail. com robertperger@hotmail.com Author Grossi, Paschoal Coelho 5347A9A1-F9DD-44E8-ABB8-2542E8EDF1FB Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Departamento de Agronomia / Fitossanidade, Laboratório de Taxonomia de Insetos, Rua Manoel Medeiros, s / n, Dois Irmãos 52171 - 900 - Recife, PE, Brazil. & Email: paschoal. grossi @ gmail. com & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: 5347 A 9 A 1 - F 9 DD- 44 E 8 - ABB 8 - 2542 E 8 EDF 1 FB paschoal.grossi@gmail.com Author Guerra, Fernando 35C6845C-9FC8-4541-B329-82FC44FE0DF7 Colección Boliviana de Fauna, Casilla 10077, Correo Central, La Paz, Bolivia. & Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, Casilla 10077, Correo Central, La Paz, Bolivia. & Email: ferguerrafideo @ yahoo. com & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: 35 C 6845 C- 9 FC 8 - 4541 - B 329 - 82 FC 44 FE 0 DF 7 ferguerrafideo@yahoo.com text European Journal of Taxonomy 2017 2017-03-21 302 1 10 journal article 22164 10.5852/ejt.2017.302 aeb4d1c4-ce18-459a-9339-75944398c276 2118-9773 3825810 6D5A4B55-ED1B-45A5-AF1C-76502CC9B57A Auxicerus platyceps Waterhouse, 1883 Fig. 2 A–B Auxicerus platyceps Waterhouse, 1883: 387 . Auxicerus platyceps – Jakowlew 1900: 38 . — Blackwelder 1944: 195 . — Weinreich 1963: 202 . — Benesh 1960: 51 . — Maes 1992: 64 . — Mizunuma & Nagai 1994: 279 . Material examined Holotype PERU : ♂ , 1917 [no other data], BL 13 mm ( BMNH ). Other material PERU : 1 ♂ , Yanachaga-Chemillen National Park, Puerto Bermudez, 2200 m a.s.l., Feb. 2009 ( AGC ); 1 ♂ , Chanchamayo ( AGC ). BOLIVIA : Santa Cruz Department : 2 ♂♂ , BL 10.15 and 14.9 mm , Amboro National Park, Los Volcanes, 1000 m a.s.l., 18°06′ S , 63°36′ W , 20 Nov.–12 Dec. 2004 , MV light sheet on stream beach, M. V .L. Barclay and H. Mendel leg. ( EPGC ); 1 ♂ , 2 ♀♀ , BL 12.5 and 9.1 mm , Los Volcanes, 4 km N of Bermejo Ref., 1350 m a.s.l., 8–11 Nov. 2011 , 18°06′ S , 63°36′ W , Wappes, Lingafelter, Morris and Woodley leg. ( EPGC ). — La Paz Department : 1 ♂ , BL 11 mm , Consata, 2000 m a.s.l., Sep. 2008 ( EPGC ); 1 ♂ , BL 12.0 mm, Nor Yungas, Coroico, 16º12′ S , 67º48′ W , 1200 m a.s.l., 18–28 Nov. 2008 ( EPCG ). Fig. 2. A–B . Auxicerus platyceps Waterhouse, 1883 . A . Holotype, ♂, BL 13 mm (BMNH). B . Head, ♂, BL 11 mm, Bolivia, Consata (EPCG). — C . Auxicerus aethiops Jakowleff, 1900 , holotype, ♂, BL 16 mm, Bolivia (ZIRAS). — D–E . Auxicerus magnipunctatus sp. nov. , holotype, ♂, BL 10.7 mm (CBF). D . Dorsal habitus. E . Head. Diagnostic characters indicated by arrows: (1) ocellate punctures on mesosternum, (2) posterior end of ocular canthus, (3) anterior edge of ocular canthus and (4) antennal lamellae. Scale bars: A, C–D = 5 mm; B, E = 2.5 mm. Geographical distribution Peru (Canchamayo); Bolivia ( La Paz , Santa Cruz ).