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title: "Reddish-brown Stag Beetle"
description: "Lucanus capreolus — Insetti e ragni. Lucanus capreolus, the reddish-brown stag beetle or pinching beetle, is a beetle of the family Lucanidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/reddish-brown-stag-beetle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Reddish-brown Stag Beetle

> Lucanus capreolus — Insetti e ragni. Lucanus capreolus, the reddish-brown stag beetle or pinching beetle, is a beetle of the family Lucanidae.

- Scientific name: *Lucanus capreolus*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 22420
- Wikidata: [Q1307569](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1307569)
- iNaturalist taxon: [60812](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/60812)

## Names

- en: Reddish-brown Stag Beetle

## Countries with the most observations

US (20872), CA (209)

## Summary

Lucanus capreolus, the reddish-brown stag beetle or pinching beetle, is a beetle of the family Lucanidae. The specific name capreolus is derived from Latin, meaning "roe deer" (capreolus literally means "little goat"). The name refers to the resemblance of the mandibles to deer antlers.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucanus_capreolus

## Photo

![Reddish-brown Stag Beetle](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/reddish-brown-stag-beetle/medium.jpg)

Photo: dirt_tan949 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/225843090

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/reddish-brown-stag-beetle?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).