Summary description from Wikipedia:

Dorcus parallelipipedus in languages:

Catalan

Escanyapolls petit

Chinese

歐洲大鍬形蟲

Croatian

Mali jelenak

Czech

roháček kozlík

Danish

Bøghjort

Dutch

Klein vliegend hert

English

Lesser Stag Beetle

Finnish

pikkutammihärkä

French

Petite biche

German

Balkenschröter

Hebrew

איילית קטנה

Hungarian

kis szarvasbogár

Japanese

パラレリピペドゥスオオクワガタ

Korean

유럽왕사슴벌레

Lithuanian

Platusis elniavabalis

Polish

Ciołek matowy

Portuguese

Vaquinha

Russian

Оленёк обыкновенный

Slovak

roháčik obyčajný

Slovene

mali rogač

Swedish

bokoxe

Ukrainian

Рогач малий

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Parent Taxon

• Dorcus

Sibling Taxa

• Dorcus alexisi
• Dorcus brevis
• Dorcus davidis
• Dorcus musimon
• Dorcus parallelipipedus
• Dorcus parallelus
• Dorcus peyronis

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