Lucaninae
Latreille, 1804
stag beetles
Tribe Guides
3- Lucanini(stag beetles)
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Lucaninae is the largest of stag beetles (Lucanidae), characterized by distinctive morphological features including partially to completely divided , geniculate , and separated . The group exhibits considerable diversity across multiple continents, with fossil records extending to the Early Cretaceous. Several within this subfamily display specialized ecological associations, including myrmecophily and wood-decay specialization.
Pronunciation
How to pronounce Lucaninae: //luːˈkæniː.aɪ//
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Identification
partially to completely divided by a ; geniculate (elbowed); distinctly separated; body typically elongated and slightly flattened. These features distinguish Lucaninae from other lucanid . Male often enlarged and sexually dimorphic in many , though this varies among tribes.
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Distribution
distribution with records from Asia (China, Thailand, Malaysia, Myanmar), South America (Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, southern South America), and fossil occurrences in Cretaceous deposits of northern Myanmar and northeastern China.
Sources and further reading
- BugGuide
- Wikipedia
- iNaturalist taxon
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Catalogue of Life
- Revision of the genus Apterodorcus Arrow (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae) of southern South America
- Description of a new genus of Sclerostomini (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae) from the Peruvian Andes
- Review of Incadorcus Arnaud & Bomans with the description of three new species from the Yungas of Peru and Bolivia (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae)
- Description of two new species of Leptinopterus Hope (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae) with notes on the taxonomy and natural history of the genus
- A new species of Aegus Macleay, 1819 (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae: Aegini) from Thailand with checklist of the genus species from the country
- Cretofigulus (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae): a new genus with two new species in mid-Cretaceous amber from northern Myanmar
- Revision of the Lucanus boileaui group and notes on L . takeoi Adachi, 2020 from the L . maculifemoratus group (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae)
- Lucanus qizhihaoi, a new stag beetle from Wuyishan National Park of Fujian, China (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae)
- A taxonomic note on Chinese species of the Neolucanus fuscus group with the description of a new species (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae)
- Myrmecophily of the enigmatic stag beetleTorynognathus chrysomelinus(Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae) with remarks on adult morphology, immature stages, and systematic position
- Prolucanus beipiaoensis gen. et sp. nov.: The First Fossil Species of Lucaninae (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) from the Early Cretaceous of Northeastern China.