Nigidius (beetle)

Nigidius
Nigidius bubalus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Lucanidae
Subfamily: Lucaninae
Tribe: Nigidiini
Genus: Nigidius
MacLeay, 1819
Synonyms[1]
  • Eudora Castelnau, 1840
  • Hadronigidius Kraatz, 1896
  • Nigidia Berthold, 1827
  • Polytrophus Gistl, 1848

Nigidius is a genus of stag beetles in the subfamily Lucaninae and typical of the tribe Nigidiini; the name was included in William Sharp Macleay's first major work of 1819.[2] Species have been recorded from Africa, India, through to China, Taiwan, Japan and South-East Asia.[1]

Species

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility[1] lists:

  1. Nigidius acutangulus Heller, 1917
  2. Nigidius amplicollis Quedenfeldt, 1884
  3. Nigidius assumiana Okuda & Maeda, 2017
  4. Nigidius auriculatus (Guérin-Méneville, 1833)
  5. Nigidius baeri Boileau, 1905
  6. Nigidius bartolozzii Bomans, 1993
  7. Nigidius bega Kriesche, 1922
  8. Nigidius bii Huang & Chen, 2017
  9. Nigidius birmanicus Boileau, 1911
  10. Nigidius bonneuilli Boileau, 1905
  11. Nigidius bubalus (Swederus, 1787)
  12. Nigidius carreti Séguy, 1953
  13. Nigidius cartereti Bomans & Bartolozzi, 1991
  14. Nigidius cornutus MacLeay, 1819
  15. Nigidius crassus Bomans, 1993
  16. Nigidius cribricollis Parry, 1873
  17. Nigidius dawnae Gravely, 1915
  18. Nigidius decellei Maes, 1990
  19. Nigidius delegorguei Thomson, 1862
  20. Nigidius dentifer Albers, 1884
  21. Nigidius didymus de Lisle, 1964
  22. Nigidius distinctus Parry, 1873
  23. Nigidius elapraorum Okuda & Maeda, 2018
  24. Nigidius elongatus Boileau, 1902
  25. Nigidius endroedi Gomes Alves, 1973
  26. Nigidius forcipatus Westwood, 1838
  27. Nigidius formosanus Bates, 1866
  28. Nigidius fruhstorferi Albers, 1894
  29. Nigidius georgei Okuda, 2020
  30. Nigidius gnu Kriesche, 1920
  31. Nigidius grandis Hope, 1841
  32. Nigidius gravelyi Paulsen, 2018
  33. Nigidius grosseri Schenk, 2016
  34. Nigidius haedillus Séguy, 1956
  35. Nigidius hageni Ritsema, 1889
  36. Nigidius hatayamai Okuda, 2019
  37. Nigidius helenae Bomans & Bartolozzi, 1984
  38. Nigidius helleri Boileau, 1905
  39. Nigidius hemantai Okuda & Maeda, 2016
  40. Nigidius himalayae Gravely, 1915
  41. Nigidius hysex Séguy, 1953
  42. Nigidius impressicollis Boileau, 1905
  43. Nigidius inaharai Okuda, 2012
  44. Nigidius inouei Bomans & Bartolozzi, 1991
  45. Nigidius intermedius Kriesche, 1920
  46. Nigidius kinabaluensis Ritsema, 1897
  47. Nigidius kolbei Kriesche, 1920
  48. Nigidius krausei Bomans, 1993
  49. Nigidius laevicollis Westwood, 1837
  50. Nigidius laevigatus Harold, 1878
  51. Nigidius lamottei Séguy, 1953
  52. Nigidius laoticus de Lisle, 1964
  53. Nigidius laticornis Boileau, 1911
  54. Nigidius lemeei Bomans, 1993
  55. Nigidius lettowvorbecki Kriesche, 1920
  56. Nigidius lewisi Boileau, 1905
  57. Nigidius lichtensteini Ritsema, 1879
  58. Nigidius liui Huang & Chen, 2017
  59. Nigidius lohi Ochi, Kawahara & Toguchi, 2019
  60. Nigidius mazoensis Bomans, 1988
  61. Nigidius medimniensis Séguy, 1953
  62. Nigidius miwai Nagel, 1941
  63. Nigidius mydoni Séguy, 1953
  64. Nigidius naingi Nagai, 2000
  65. Nigidius neglectus de Lisle, 1964
  66. Nigidius negus Bomans, 1993
  67. Nigidius nitidus Thomson, 1862
  68. Nigidius obesus Parry, 1864
  69. Nigidius oblongus Van Roon, 1914
  70. Nigidius okudai Fujita, 2010
  71. Nigidius oxyotus Fairmaire, 1888
  72. Nigidius perforatus Harold, 1878
  73. Nigidius phaedimothorax de Lisle, 1974
  74. Nigidius punctiger Bomans, 1993
  75. Nigidius rhodesianus Péringuey, 1908
  76. Nigidius rondoni Bomans, 1993
  77. Nigidius sakamakii Okuda, 2008
  78. Nigidius seguyi Maes, 1990
  79. Nigidius semicariosus Fairmaire, 1891
  80. Nigidius simoni Schenk & Mohagan, 2019
  81. Nigidius sinicus Schenk, 2011
  82. Nigidius splendens Nagel, 1941
  83. Nigidius sticheri Okuda & Fukinuki, 2000
  84. Nigidius stuhlmanni Kriesche, 1920
  85. Nigidius sukkiti Okuda, 2005
  86. Nigidius svenjae Schenk, 2006
  87. Nigidius walterianus Franciscolo, 1994
  88. Nigidius wushuae Lin, 2022

References

  1. ^ a b c Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Genus Nigidius Macleay, 1819 (retrieved 30 January 2026)
  2. ^ MacLeay WS (1819) Horae entomologicae: or essays on the annulose animals. S. Bagster. London Vol.1 Part 1: 1-160. Available here
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