Colophon

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea
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Familia: Lucanidae
Subfamilia: Lucaninae
Genus: Colophon
Species (17): C. barnardi – C. berrisfordi – C. cameroni – C. cassoni – C. eastmani – C. endroedyi – C. haughtoni – C. izardi – C. kawaii – C. montisatris – C. neli – C. oweni – C. primosi – C. stokoei – C. thunbergi – C. westwoodi – C. whitei

Name

• Colophon Gray, 1832

References

• Barnard, K.H. 1929: A study of the genus Colophon Gray (Coleoptera, Lucanidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 18: 163-182, plate 1.
• Barnard, K.H. 1932: The rediscovery of Colophon thunbergi, Westw., with descriptions of further new species of the genus (Col., Lucanidae). Stylops, 1: 169-174. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1932.tb01377.x
• Bartolozzi, L. 1995: Description of a new species of Colophon from South Africa (Coleoptera, Lucanidae). Fragmenta entomologica, 26(2): 333-340. PDF
• Bartolozzi, L. 2005: Description of two new stag beetle species from South Africa (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). African entomology, 13(2): 347-352.
• Bartolozzi, L.; Werner, K. 2004: Illustrated catalogue of the Lucanidae from Africa and Madagascar. Taita Publishers: Czech Republic. ISBN 80-902734-7-5
• Endrödy-Younga, S. 1986: Evidence for the low-altitude origin of the Cape mountain biome derived from the systematic revision of the genus Colophon Gray (Coleoptera, Lucanidae). Annals of the South African Museum, 96(6): 359-424. BHL reference page 
• Geertsema, H.; Owen, C.R. 2007: Notes on the habitat and adult behaviour of three red-listed Colophon spp. (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) of the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa. Journal of insect conservation, 11(1): 43-46. doi: 10.1007/s10841-006-9017-x
• Mizukami, T. 1996: A new species and a new subspecies of the genus Colophon from Republic of South Africa (Coleoptera, Lucanidae). Gekkan-Mushi, (304): 22-25.
• Mizukami, T.; Kawai, S. 1997: Nature of the South Africa and ecological note on the genus Colophon Gray (Coleoptera, Lucanidae). Gekkan-Mushi, supplement (2): 1-80.
• Scholtz, C.H.; Endrödy-younga, S. 1994: Systematic position of Colophon Gray (Coleoptera: Lucanidae), based on larval characters. African entomology, 2(1): 13-20. PDF

links

• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus
• Iziko