Nicagus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Lucanidae
Subfamilia: Aesalinae
Tribus: Nicagini
Genus: Nicagus
Species (3): N. japonicus – N. obscurus – N. occultus

[source: Paulsen & Smith (2005)]

Name

• Nicagus LeConte, 1861

References

• Katovich, K.; Kriska, N.L. 2002: Description of the larva of Nicagus obscurus (LeConte) (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Nicaginae), with comments on its position in Lucanidae and notes on the larval and adult habitat. Coleopterists bulletin, 56: 253–258. DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X(2002)056[0253:DOTLON]2.0.CO;2 PDF
• Paulsen, M.J. & Smith, A.D. 2005: A new species of stag beetle from sand dunes in west Texas, and a synopsis of the genus Nicagus (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Aesalinae: Nicagini). Zootaxa 1050: 45–60. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1050.5 . PDF 1. PDF 2. Reference page.