Aesalinae

Taxonavigation

Aesalus scarabaeoides

Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea

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Familia: Lucanidae
Subfamilia: Aesalinae
Tribus (3): Aesalini - Ceratognathini - Nicagini

Overview of genera (11)

Aesalus - Ceratognathus - Echinoaesalus - Hilophyllus - Holloceratognathus - Lucanobium - Mitophyllus - Nicagus - †Cretaesalus - †Juraesalus - †Sinaesalus

Name

• Aesalinae MacLeay, 1819
  • Type genus: Aesalus Fabricius, 1801

Synonyms

• Nicaginae LeConte, 1861
  • Type genus: Nicagus LeConte, 1861

References

• Holloway, B.A. 1998: A re-evaluation of the genera of New Zealand aesaline stag beetles (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28(4): 641-656. doi: 10.1080/03014223.1998.9517578 PDF
• Holloway, B.A. 2007: Lucanidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). Fauna of New Zealand, (61)

• Howden, H.F.; Lawrence, J.F. 1974: The New World Aesalinae, with notes on the North American lucanid subfamilies (Coleoptera, Lucanidae). Canadian journal of zoology, 52: 1505-1510. doi: 10.1139/z74-193 ZooBank
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• Nikolajev, G.V.; Wang, B.; Liu, Y.; Zhang, H-c. 2011: Stag beetles from the Mesozoic of Inner Mongolia, China (Scarabaeoidea: Lucanidae). Acta palaeontologica sinica, 50(1): 41-47. [publication date: 'March, 2011', sourced from first page of article]
• Smith, A.B.T. 2006: A review of the family-group names for the superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) with corrections to nomenclature and a current classification. Coleopterists Society monograph, 5: 144–204.PDF

Links

• Tree of Life Web Project. 2007. Aesalinae. Version 02 May 2007 (temporary) in The Tree of Life Web Project
• Tree of Life Web Project. 2007. Nicaginae. Version 02 May 2007 (temporary) in The Tree of Life Web Project