Lucanus cervus Male Female Conservation status Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[1] (Europe) Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] (Mediterranean) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera Family: Lucanidae Genus: Lucanus Species: L. cervus Binomial name Lucanus cervus (Linnaeus, 1758) Synonyms[2] Lucanus scapulodonta Weinreich, 1963 Scarabaeus cervus Linnaeus, 1758 Scarabaeus tridentatus Linnaeus, 1758 (partim.)