@article{Perger_Grossi_Guerra_2017, title={Description of a new species of the stag beetle genus Auxicerus Waterhouse, 1883 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Lucanidae)}, url={https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/426}, DOI={10.5852/ejt.2017.302}, abstractNote={A new species of the Andean stag beetle genus <em>Auxicerus</em> Waterhouse, 1883 is described from the humid Tucuman-Bolivian forest in the southern Bolivian Andes. <em>Auxicerus magnipunctatus</em> sp. nov. is distinguished from all congeners by the distinctly larger punctures of the mesosternum; antennomeres 2–6 subquadrate, last two joints of club wider than long; lamellae not widely separated; posterior end of ocular canthus rounded and anterior edge of canthus moderately developed into an obtuse triangle. <em>Auxicerus magnipunctatus</em> sp. nov. is possibly endemic to the Tucuman-Bolivian forest. Along with the presence of other endemic beetle species with tropical congeners, the discovery of <em>A. magnipunctatus</em> sp. nov. supports the idea that the persistence of rather tropical taxa in the subtropical realm is fostered by increased humidity at orographic rain barriers and climatic stability in the Tucuman-Bolivian forest.}, number={302}, journal={European Journal of Taxonomy}, author={Perger, Robert and Grossi, Paschoal Coelho and Guerra, Fernando}, year={2017}, month={Mar.} }