Aesalinae
| Aesalinae | |
|---|---|
| Aesalus.scarabaeoides | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Superfamily: | Scarabaeoidea |
| Family: | Lucanidae |
| Subfamily: | Aesalinae MacLeay, 1819 |
The Aesalinae are a subfamily of the stag beetle (Lucanidae) genera: based on the type genus Aesalus and included in William Sharp Macleay's first major work of 1819.[1]
Tribes and genera
BioLib[2] includes three tribes:
Aesalini
Authority: MacLeay, 1819
- Aesalus Fabricius, 1801
- Echinoaesalus Zelenka, 1993
- Himaloaesalus Huang & Chen, 2013
- Lucanobium Howden & Lawrence, 1974
- Strabaesalus Paulsen, 2018
- Trogellus Paulsen, 2013
- Zelenkaesalus Krikken, 2008
- Fossil genera
- †Cretaesalus Nikolajev, 1993
- †Juraesalus Nikolajev, Wang, Liu & Zhang, 2011
- †Sinaesalus Nikolajev, Wang, Liu & Zhang, 2011
Ceratognathini
Authority: Sharp, 1899
- Ceratognathus Westwood, 1838
- Hilophyllus Paulsen & Mondaca, 2006
- Holloceratognathus Nikolajev, 1998
- Mitophyllus Parry, 1843
- Fossil genera
- †Electraesalopsis Bai, Zhang & Qiu, 2017
- †Oncelytris Li & Cai, 2023
- †Protonicagus Cai et al., 2017
Nicagini
Authority: LeConte, 1861
- Nicagus LeConte, 1861
References
- ^ MacLeay WS (1819) Horae entomologicae: or essays on the annulose animals. S. Bagster. London Vol.1 Part 1: 1-160. Available here
- ^ BioLib.cz: subfamily Aesalinae MacLeay, 1819 (retrieved 26 January 2025)
External links
- Media related to Aesalinae at Wikimedia Commons