Taxonomy of Lucanidae

The Lucanidae are a family of beetles that include the stag beetles. The family can be further subdivided in a taxonomy. The classification presented here follows Smith (2006),^[1] with the exception of the tribal classification within the Lucaninae.

Subfamily Aesalinae[]

Subfamily

Tribe

Genus (Fabricius, 1801)

Lewis, 1883
Kurosawa, 1985
Inahara & Ratti, 1991
Bartolozzi, 1989
Bates, 1886
Fujita & Ichikawa, 1985
Panzer, 1793
Bates, 1889
Albers, 1883
Ganglbauer, 1886

Genus (fossil)

Genus Zelenka, 1993

(Zelenka, 1993)
(Araya, 1993)
(Zelenka,1993)
(Araya, 1993)
(Zelenka, 1994)
(Zelenka, 1994)
(Krikken, 1975)
(Araya, 1993)

Genus Howden & Lawrence, 1974

Howden & Lawrence, 1974

Tribe

Genus Westwood, 1838

Parry, 1870
Carter, 1925
Boileau, 1905
Blackburn, 1897
Blackburn, 1894
Blackburn, 1895
Boileau, 1905
Westwood, 1863
Lea, 1929
Westwood, 1838
Carter, 1925
Westwood, 1872
Benesh, 1943
Thomson, 1862

Genus Paulsen & Mondaca, 2006

(Martinez, 1981)
Paulsen & Mondaca, 2006
(Martinez, 1976)

Genus Mitophyllus Parry, 1843

(Bates, 1867)
(Sharp, 1882)
(Broun, 1880)
(Broun, 1884)
Broun, 1921
Parry, 1842
(Broun, 1886)
Mitophyllus parrianus Westwood, 1863
Broun, 1908

Tribe

Genus Nicagus LeConte, 1861

Nicagus obscurus (LeConte, 1848)
Nicagus occultus Paulsen & Smith, 2005
Nagel, 1928

Genus Nikolajev, 1998

(Broun, 1895)
(Thomson, 1862)
(Holloway, 1962)

Subfamily Lampriminae[]

Subfamily

Genus White, 1846

White, 1846

Genus

(MacLeay, 1885)

Genus Lamprima

Lamprima adolphinae (Gestro, 1875)
Lamprima aenea Fabricius, 1792
Lamprima aurata Latreille, 1817
Lamprima imberbis Barber, 1926
Lamprima insularis Macleay, 1885

Genus Phalacrognathus

Phalacrognathus muelleri MacLeay, 1885

Genus Dejean, 1833

Fairmaire, 1850

Subfamily Lucaninae[]

Subfamily Lucaninae Latreille, 1804

Tribe

Genus Aegus MacLeay, 1819

Tribe

Genus

(Fruhstorfer, 1894)
(Vollenhoven, 1872)

Genus

Tribe

Genus

Genus Chiasognathus Stephens, 1831

Lacroix, 1978
Chiasognathus grantii Stephens, 1831
Reiche, 1850
Solier, 1851
Kiesche 1919

Genus Protognathinus

Genus

Tribe

Genus

(Houlbert, 1915)

Genus

Didier, 1928

Genus

Genus Motschulsky, 1862

Motschulsky, 1858
Motschulsky, 1862

Genus

Genus Motschulsky, 1860

Waterhouse, 1874
Motschulsky, 1860

Genus Prosopocoilus Westwood, 1845

Genus

(Parry, 1862)

Genus

Lacroix, 1978

Tribe

Genus Colophon

Tribe

Genus Cyclommatus Parry, 1863

Tribe

Genus

Genus Parry, 1864

Genus

Tribe

Genus

Cantharolethrus luxeri

Genus Cyclommatus

Cyclommatus scutellaris

Genus

Genus Dorcus MacLeay, 1819

Dorcus brevis
Dorcus curvidens
Dorcus miwai
Dorcus parallelus
Dorcus parallelipipedus - lesser stag beetle. Linnaeus, 1758
Dorcus rectus
Dorcus taurus
Dorcus titanus

Genus

Genus Leptinopterus

Genus Prosopocoilus

Genus

Rhaetulus crenatus

Genus Serrognathus

Genus Pycnosiphorus

Genus

Tribe

Genus

Tribe

Genus

Genus Geodorcus

Genus

Genus Paralissotes

Genus

Tribe

Genus Hexarthrius Hope, 1842

Jordan & Rothschild, 1894
Schenk, 2003
Parry, 1862
(Hope, 1843)
Waterhouse, 1888
(Hope, 1840)
De Lisle, 1972
Schenk, 2003
Hexarthrius mandibularis Deyrolle, 1881
Hexarthrius melchioritis Séguy, 1954
(Thomson, 1857)
Lacroix, 1990
Hexarthrius parryi Hope, 1842
(Olivier, 1789)
Didier, 1925

Genus Lucanus

Genus

(Fabricius, 1801)

Tribe

Genus

Genus Neolucanus

Neolucanus castanopterus

Genus Odontolabis

Tribe

Genus Platyceroides Benesh, 1946

Genus Benesh, 1946

(Casey, 1895)

Genus Platycerus Geoffroy, 1762

Tribe

Genus

(Lea, 1914)
Cacostomus squamosus Newman, 1840
(Moore, 1994)

Genus Ryssonotus

Subfamily Syndesinae[]

Subfamily Syndesinae

Tribe

Genus Ceruchus MacLeay, 1819

Ceruchus piceus (Weber, 1801)
Ceruchus punctatus LeConte, 1869
Ceruchus striatus LeConte, 1859
Huang, Imura & Chen, 2011^[2]

Tribe

Genus Sinodendron Hellwig in Schneider, 1792

Sinodendron cylindricum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sinodendron rugosum Mannerheim, 1843

Tribe

Genus Perty, 1830

(Buquet, 1840)
Boucher, 1993
Perty, 1830
(Didier, 1929)
Martinez & Reyes-Castillo, 1985

Genus MacLeay, 1819

†Syndesus ambericus Woodruff, 2009 (Miocene?; Dominican amber)^[3]
Montrouzier, 1860
(Fabricius, 1801)
Boileau, 1905

References[]

^ Andrew B. T. Smith (2006). "A review of the family-group names for the superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) with corrections to nomenclature and a current classification" (PDF). . 60: 144–204. doi:10.1649/0010-065X(2006)60[144:AROTFN]2.0.CO;2.
^ Hao Huang, Yuki Imura & Chang-Chin Chen (2011). "Notes on the genus Ceruchus MacLeay from China, with the description of a new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Lucanidae)" (PDF Excerpt). Zootaxa. 2906: 1–42.
^ Woodruff, R.E. (2009). "A new fossil species of stag beetle from Dominican Republic amber, with Australasian connections (Coleoptera: Lucanidae)". Insecta Mundi. 0098: 1–10.

[Smith2006-1] Andrew B. T. Smith (2006). "A review of the family-group names for the superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) with corrections to nomenclature and a current classification" (PDF). . 60: 144–204. doi:10.1649/0010-065X(2006)60[144:AROTFN]2.0.CO;2.

[2] Hao Huang, Yuki Imura & Chang-Chin Chen (2011). "Notes on the genus Ceruchus MacLeay from China, with the description of a new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Lucanidae)" (PDF Excerpt). Zootaxa. 2906: 1–42.

[Woodruff2009-3] Woodruff, R.E. (2009). "A new fossil species of stag beetle from Dominican Republic amber, with Australasian connections (Coleoptera: Lucanidae)". Insecta Mundi. 0098: 1–10.

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