Taxonomy of Lucanidae - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The classification presented here follows Smith (2006), with the exception of the tribal classification within the Lucaninae.

Subfamily Aesalinae

Tribe Aesalini

Genus Aesalus (Fabricius

Johan Christian Fabricius

Johan Christian Fabricius was a Danish zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others...

, 1801)

Aesalus asiaticus Lewis, 1883
Aesalus himalayicus Kurosawa, 1985
Aesalus imanishii Inahara & Ratti, 1991
Aesalus meridionalis Bartolozzi, 1989
Aesalus neotropicalis Bates, 1886
Aesalus saburoi
Aesalus sawaii Fujita & Ichikawa, 1985
Aesalus scarabaeoides Panzer, 1793
Aesalus sichuanensis
Aesalus smithi Bates, 1889
Aesalus trogoides Albers, 1883
Aesalus ulanowskii Ganglbauer, 1886

Genus Cretaesalus (fossil)

Genus Echinoaesalus Zelenka, 1993

Echinoaesalus barriesi (Zelenka, 1993)
Echinoaesalus hidakai (Araya, 1993)
Echinoaesalus jaechi (Zelenka,1993)
Echinoaesalus matsuii (Araya, 1993)
Echinoaesalus sabahensis (Zelenka, 1994)
Echinoaesalus schuhi (Zelenka, 1994)
Echinoaesalus timidus (Krikken, 1975)
Echinoaesalus yongi (Araya, 1993)

Genus Lucanobium Howden & Lawrence, 1974

Lucanobium squamosum Howden & Lawrence, 1974

Tribe Ceratognathini

Genus Ceratognathus Westwood, 1838

Ceratognathus abdominalis Parry, 1870
Ceratognathus bitumulatus Carter, 1925
Ceratognathus flabellatus Boileau, 1905
Ceratognathus frenchi Blackburn, 1897
Ceratognathus froggatti Blackburn, 1894
Ceratognathus gilesi Blackburn, 1895
Ceratognathus macrognathus Boileau, 1905
Ceratognathus mentiferus Westwood, 1863
Ceratognathus minutus Lea, 1929
Ceratognathus niger Westwood, 1838
Ceratognathus ocularis Carter, 1925
Ceratognathus rufipennis Westwood, 1872
Ceratognathus tasmanus Benesh, 1943
Ceratognathus westwoodi Thomson, 1862

Genus Hilophyllus Paulsen & Mondaca, 2006

Hilophyllus argentinensis (Martinez, 1981)
Hilophyllus martinezi Paulsen & Mondaca, 2006
Hilophyllus penai (Martinez, 1976)

Genus Mitophyllus Parry, 1843

Mitophyllus alboguttatus (Bates, 1867)
Mitophyllus dispar (Sharp, 1882)
Mitophyllus foveolatus (Broun, 1880)
Mitophyllus gibbosus (Broun, 1884)
Mitophyllus insignis Broun, 1921
Mitophyllus irroratus Parry, 1842
Mitophyllus macrocerus (Broun, 1886)
Mitophyllus parrianus Westwood, 1863
Mitophyllus reflexus Broun, 1908

Tribe Nicagini

Genus Nicagus LeConte, 1861

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

Genus Holloceratognathus Nikolajev, 1998

Holloceratognathus cylindricus (Broun, 1895)
Holloceratognathus helotoides (Thomson, 1862)
Holloceratognathus passaliformis (Holloway, 1962)

Subfamily Lampriminae

Genus Dendroblax White, 1846

Dendroblax earlianus White, 1846

Genus Homolamprima

Homolamprima crenulata (MacLeay, 1885)

Genus Lamprima

Lamprima adolphinae
Lamprima adolphinae
Lamprima adolphinae is a beetle of the Family Lucanidae.-External links:*...

(Gestro, 1875)
Lamprima aurata

Genus Phalacrognathus

Phalacrognathus muelleri
Phalacrognathus muelleri
Phalacrognathus muelleri MacLeay, 1885 is a beetle of the Family Lucanidae.- List of subspecies :* Phalacrognathus muelleri muelleri Origin: Queensland, Australia* Phalacrognathus muelleri fuscomicans Origin: New Guinea-External links:*...

MacLeay, 1885

Genus Streptocerus Dejean, 1833

Streptocerus speciosus Fairmaire, 1850

Subfamily Lucaninae

Lucaninae

Lucaninae is the largest subfamily of the stag beetles .Characteristics include partial to complete division of the eyes by a canthus, geniculate antennae, and distinctly separated coxae...

Latreille

Pierre André Latreille

Pierre André Latreille was a French zoologist, specialising in arthropods. Having trained as a Roman Catholic priest before the French Revolution, Latreille was imprisoned, and only regained his freedom after recognising a rare species he found in the prison, Necrobia ruficollis...

, 1804

Tribe Aegini

Genus Aegus MacLeay

Alexander Macleay

Hon. Alexander Macleay MLC FLS FRS was a leading member of the Linnean Society and a fellow of the Royal Society.Macleay was born on Ross-shire, Scotland, eldest son of William Macleay, provost of Wick...

, 1819

Tribe Allotopini

Genus Allotopus

Allotopus moellenkampi (Fruhstorfer, 1894)
Allotopus rosenbergi (Vollenhoven, 1872)

Genus Mesotopus

Tribe Chiasognathini

Genus Casignetus

Genus Chiasognathus
Chiasognathus
Chiasognathus is a genus of stag beetles found in Argentina and Chile. It includes seven species:*Chiasognathus beneshi Lacroix, 1978*Chiasognathus grantii Stephens, 1832*Chiasognathus impubis Parry, 1870...

Stephens

James Francis Stephens

James Francis Stephens was an English entomologist.-Biography:Stephens was born in Shoreham-by-Sea and studied at Christ's Hospital.He was employed in the Admiralty office, Somerset House, from 1807 to 1845...

, 1831

Chiasognathus beneshi Lacroix, 1978
Chiasognathus grantii Stephens
James Francis Stephens
James Francis Stephens was an English entomologist.-Biography:Stephens was born in Shoreham-by-Sea and studied at Christ's Hospital.He was employed in the Admiralty office, Somerset House, from 1807 to 1845...

, 1831
Chiasognathus jousselini Reiche, 1850
Chiasognathus latreillei Solier, 1851
Chiasognathus mniszechii Kiesche 1919

Genus Protognathinus

Genus Sphaenognathus

Tribe Cladognathini

Genus Aphanognathus

Aphanognathus laterotarsoides (Houlbert, 1915)

Genus Capreolucanus

Capreolucanus sicardi Didier, 1928

Genus Cladophyllus

Genus Eligmodontus

Genus Gonometopus

Genus Macrodorcas Motschulsky, 1862

Macrodorcas adachii
Macrodorcas amamiana
Macrodorcas barbata
Macrodorcas bisignata
Macrodorcas bomansi
Macrodorcas davidi
Macrodorcas dierli
Macrodorcas elsiledis
Macrodorcas fulvonotata
Macrodorcas humilis
Macrodorcas intricata
Macrodorcas kobayashii
Macrodorcas koyamai
Macrodorcas melliana
Macrodorcas mochizukii
Macrodorcas moellenkampi
Macrodorcas montivaga
Macrodorcas pieli
Macrodorcas pseudaxis
Macrodorcas recta Motschulsky, 1858
Macrodorcas ruficrus
Macrodorcas songiana
Macrodorcas striatipennis Motschulsky, 1862
Macrodorcas ursulae
Macrodorcas vernicata
Macrodorcas yaeyamaensis

Genus Palaeognathus

Genus Prismognathus Motschulsky, 1860

Prismognathus alessandrae
Prismognathus angularis C._O._Waterhouse, 1874
Prismognathus branczicki
Prismognathus cheni
Prismognathus dauricus Motschulsky, 1860
Prismognathus davidis
Prismognathus delislei
Prismognathus formosanus
Prismognathus klapperichi
Prismognathus lucidus
Prismognathus morimotoi
Prismognathus nigerrimus
Prismognathus nigricolor
Prismognathus piluensis
Prismognathus platycephalus
Prismognathus ruficephalus
Prismognathus sinensis
Prismognathus subnitens
Prismognathus tokui

Genus Prosopocoilus Westwood

John Obadiah Westwood

John Obadiah Westwood was an English entomologist and archaeologist also noted for his artistic talents.Born in Sheffield, he studied to be a lawyer but abandoned that for his scientific interests....

, 1845

Genus Pseudorhaetus

Genus Rhaetulus

Genus Rhaetus

Rhaetus westwoodi (Parry, 1862)

Genus Tetrarthrius

Genus Weinreichius

Weinreichius perroti Lacroix, 1978

Tribe Colophonini

Genus Colophon
Colophon (genus)
Colophon is a small genus of beetle in the "stag beetle" family Lucanidae.These beetles are flightless, and are endemic to South Africa, each restricted to its own mountain range or peak within a range...

Tribe Cyclommatini

Genus Cyclommatus
Cyclommatus
Cyclommatus is a rare genus of the stag beetle. They are about 105mm big....

Parry

Charles Christopher Parry

thumb|150px|Parry circa 1875Charles Christopher Parry was a British-American botanist and mountaineer....

, 1863

Tribe Dendeziini

Genus Dendezia

Genus Oonotus Parry

Charles Christopher Parry

thumb|150px|Parry circa 1875Charles Christopher Parry was a British-American botanist and mountaineer....

, 1864

Genus Xiphodontus

Tribe Dorcini

Genus Bartolozziolucanus

Genus Cantharolethrus

Cantharolethrus luxeri
Cantharolethrus luxeri
Cantharolethrus luxerii is a species of stag beetle....

Genus Cyclommatus
Cyclommatus
Cyclommatus is a rare genus of the stag beetle. They are about 105mm big....

Cyclommatus scutellaris
Cyclommatus scutellaris
Cyclommatus scutellaris is a beetle of the Family Lucanidae....

Genus Dorcasoides

Genus Dorcus
Dorcus
Dorcus is a genus of the family Lucanidae of stag beetles. Of the 30-odd species, most occur in Asia and India; two are found in southern Europe, and three species are from North America...

MacLeay

Alexander Macleay

, 1819

Dorcus akahorii
Dorcus alcides
Dorcus alexisi
Dorcus amamianus
Dorcus antaeus
Dorcus anteus
Dorcus arfakianus
Dorcus binodulosus
Dorcus brevis
Dorcus bucephalus
Dorcus carinulatus
Dorcus consentaneus
Dorcus curvidens
Dorcus curvidens
Dorcus curvidens is a beetle of the family Lucanidae.It is also known as the Ookuwagata beetle in Japan....
Dorcus cylindricus
Dorcus davidis
Dorcus emikoae
Dorcus eurycephalus
Dorcus formosanus
Dorcus gracilicornis
Dorcus garndis
Dorcus hopei
Dorcus hyperion
Dorcus japonicus
Dorcus kyanrauensis
Dorcus metacostatus
Dorcus miwai
Dorcus miwai
Dorcus miwai is a beetle of the Family Lucanidae....
Dorcus musimon
Dorcus parallelus
Dorcus parallelipipedus
Dorcus parallelipipedus
Dorcus parallelipipedus, the lesser stag beetle, is a species of stag beetle found in Europe.Both sexes resemble the female stag beetle , though they are a uniformly blackish colour rather than having the chestnut brown wing covers of the larger species...

Linnaeus
Carolus Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology...

, 1758
Dorcus parryi
Dorcus parvulus
Dorcus peyronis
Dorcus prochazkai
Dorcus ratiocinativus
Dorcus rectus
Dorcus reichei
Dorcus rudis
Dorcus sawaii
Dorcus schenklingi
Dorcus sewertzowi
Dorcus suturalis
Dorcus taiwanicus
Dorcus tanakai
Dorcus taurus
Dorcus tenuecostatus
Dorcus titanus
Dorcus titanus
Dorcus titanus, also known as the giant stag beetle, is a beetle of the Family Lucanidae.- List of subspecies :* Dorcus titanus castanicolor* Dorcus titanus daitoensis* Dorcus titanus elegans* Dorcus titanus hachijoensis...
Dorcus tormosanus
Dorcus ursulus
Dorcus vavrai
Dorcus velutinus
Dorcus vicinus
Dorcus yamadai

Genus Homoderus

Genus Leptinopterus

Genus Prosopocoilus

Prosopocoilus astacoides
Prosopocoilus astacoides
Prosopocoilus astacoides is a beetle of the Family Lucanidae.-External links:*...
Prosopocoilus biplagiatus
Prosopocoilus biplagiatus
Prosopocoilus biplagiatus is a beetle of the Family Lucanidae.-External links:*...
Prosopocoilus bison
Prosopocoilus bison
Prosopocoilus bison is a beetle of the Family Lucanidae....
Prosopocoilus giraffa
Prosopocoilus inclinatus
Prosopocoilus inclinatus
Prosopocoilus inclinatus is a beetle of the Family Lucanidae....
Prosopocoilus savagei
Prosopocoilus savagei
Prosopocoilus savagei is a beetle of the Family Lucanidae....

Genus Rhaetulus

Rhaetulus crenatus
Rhaetulus crenatus
Rhaetulus crenatus is a beetle of the Family Lucanidae.-External links:*...

Genus Serrognathus

Genus Pycnosiphorus

Genus Sclerostomus

Tribe Figulini

Genus Cardanus

Genus Dinonigidius

Genus Figulus

Genus Ganelius

Genus Nigidionus

Genus Nigidius

Genus Novonigidius

Genus Penichrolucanus

Tribe Lissapterini

Genus Bomansius

Genus Dorculus

Genus Geodorcus

Genus Hoplogonus

Genus Lissapterus

Genus Lissotes

Genus Paralissotes

Genus Pseudodorcus

Tribe Lucanini

Genus Hexarthrius
Hexarthrius
Hexarthrius is a genus of large stag beetles. It includes the following species:*Hexarthrius aduncus*Hexarthrius andreasi*Hexarthrius bowringii*Hexarthrius buquettii*Hexarthrius davisoni*Hexarthrius forsteri...

Genus Lucanus
Lucanus (genus)
Lucanus is a genus of stag beetles .-Species:not a complete list*Lucanus capreolus*Lucanus cervus*Lucanus elaphus*Lucanus formosanus*Lucanus maculifemoratus*Lucanus mazama*Lucanus placidus...

Lucanus capreolus
Lucanus capreolus
Lucanus capreolus is a beetle of the Family Lucanidae. The species name "capreolus" is derived from Latin, meaning "Roe Deer"...
Lucanus cervus
Lucanus cervus
Lucanus cervus is the best-known species of stag beetle , and is sometimes referred to simply as the stag beetle. It lives in holes in old trees and dead trunks, in the forest as well as in groves. Forest management, in eliminating old trees and deadwood, eliminates at the same time the habitat and...
Lucanus elaphus
Lucanus elaphus
The giant stag beetle is a beetle of the family Lucanidae....
Lucanus formosanus
Lucanus formosanus
Lucanus formosanus is a stag beetle which is endemic to Taiwan, and grows to a length of ....
Lucanus maculifemoratus
Lucanus maculifemoratus
Lucanus maculifemoratus is a beetle of the Family Lucanidae....
Lucanus mazama
Lucanus mazama
Lucanus mazama is a beetle of the family Lucanidae....
Lucanus placidus
Lucanus placidus
Lucanus placidus is a beetle of the Family Lucanidae....
Lucanus swinhoei
Lucanus swinhoei
Lucanus swinhoei is a beetle of the Family Lucanidae....
Lucanus tetraodon
Lucanus tetraodon
Lucanus tetraodon is a beetle of the Family Lucanidae....

Genus Pseudolucanus

Pseudolucanus barbarossa (Fabricius
Fabricius
Fabricius may refer to:*people from the Ancient Roman gens Fabricia:*Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, the first of the Fabricii to move to Rome* Carel Fabricius , painter...

, 1801)

Tribe Odontolabini

Genus Calcodes

Genus Neolucanus

Neolucanus castanopterus
Neolucanus castanopterus
Neolucanus castanopterus is a beetle of the Family Lucanidae....

Genus Odontolabis
Odontolabis
Odontolabis is a genus of beetles belonging to the Lucanidae family.-Description:The species of the genus Odontolabis are large , oblong and shiny. Usually males have more or less enlarged head and jaws. The head and the pronotum usually are black, while elytra are often more or less brownish or...

Odontolabis castelnaudi
Odontolabis castelnaudi
Odontolabis castelnaudi is a beetle of the Family Lucanidae-References:* Lacroix, J.-P., 1984 - The Beetles of the World, volume 4, Odontolabini I - Genera Chalcodes, Odontolabis, Heterochtes. This is a very good revision of the genus Odontolabis...
Odontolabis cuvera
Odontolabis cuvera
Odontolabis cuvera is a beetle of the Family Lucanidae, stag beetles. The males have three morphological forms with variations in the size of their mandibles.This beetle is native to southeast Asia.- List of subspecies :...
Odontolabis femoralis
Odontolabis femoralis
Odontolabis femoralis is a beetle of the Family Lucanidae. It lives in Indonesia.- List of subspecies :* Odontolabis femoralis femoralis Waterhouse, 1887* Odontolabis femoralis kinabaluensis Möllenkamp, 1904...
Odontolabis siva
Odontolabis siva
Odontolabis siva is a beetle of the Family Lucanidae.- Monograph :* Lacroix, J.-P., 1984 - The Beetles of the World, volume 4, Odontolabini I - Genera Chalcodes, Odontolabis, Heterochtes.-External links:*...

Tribe Platycerini

Genus Platyceroides Benesh, 1946

Genus Platyceropsis Benesh, 1946

Platyceropsis keeni (Casey, 1895)

Genus Platycerus Geoffroy, 1762

Tribe Rhyssonotini

Genus Cacostomus

Cacostomus floralis (Lea, 1914)
Cacostomus squamosus
Cacostomus squamosus
Cacostomus squamosus is a beetle of the Lucanidae family. It lives in Australia.-External links:* Australian Faunal Directory...

Newman, 1840
Cacostomus subvittata (Moore, 1994)

Genus Rhyssonotus
Rhyssonotus
Rhyssonotus is a genus of stag beetles .- References :* G. Cassis, W.W.K. Houston, T.A. Weir & B.P. Moore . Updated by A.A. Calder . Coleoptera: Scarabaeoida.. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra. Viewed 22 November 2007.-External links:* *...

Subfamily Syndesinae

Tribe Ceruchini

Genus Ceruchus MacLeay, 1819

Ceruchus piceus (Weber
Friedrich Weber (entomologist)
Friedrich Weber was a German entomologist. He was a pupil of Johan Christian Fabricius , and wrote in 1795 at the age of 14 and in 1801...

, 1801)
Ceruchus punctatus LeConte, 1869
Ceruchus striatus LeConte, 1859
Ceruchus yangi Huang, Imura & Chen, 2011

Tribe Sinodendronini

Genus Sinodendron Hellwig in Schneider, 1792

Sinodendron cylindricum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sinodendron rugosum
Sinodendron rugosum
Sinodendron rugosum is a member of the family Lucanidae, the stag beetles. It is commonly referred to as the rugose stag beetle, and is the only known member of the genus Sinodendron to occur in western North America.-Description:...

Mannerheim, 1843

Tribe Syndesini

Genus Psilodon Perty, 1830

Psilodon aequinoctiale (Buquet, 1840)
Psilodon gilberti Boucher, 1993
Psilodon schuberti Perty, 1830
Psilodon seguyi (Didier, 1929)
Psilodon xerophilicum Martinez & Reyes-Castillo, 1985

Genus Syndesus MacLeay, 1819

Syndesus cancellatus Montrouzier, 1860
Syndesus cornutus (Fabricius, 1801)
Syndesus macleayi Boileau, 1905

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