Checklist of Family Lucanidae Latreille, 1804 (Stag Beetle)
for Malawi (East Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 327
3787
9639 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 327
3787
9639 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 308
3697
9441 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 226
3307
8733 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 42
831
2105 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 38
729
1795 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
| 7
279
875 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles | 7
279
875 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lucanidae
Latreille, 1804
Stag Beetle, Stag beetles | 4
17 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Malawi
4 Genera with 17 Species
Species list for Malawi
17 Species | Metopodontus umhangi Fairmaire, 1891 | | | Metopodontus wentzelheckmannae Kolbe, 1901 | | | Nigidius amplicollis Quedenfeld, 1884 | | | Nigidius bega Kriesche, 1922 | | | Nigidius dentifer Albers, 1884 | | | Nigidius divergens Waterhouse, 1890 | | | Nigidius laevigatus Harold, 1878 | | | Nigidius lamottei Seguy, 1953 | | | Nigidius laticornis Boileau, 1911 | | | Nigidius mazoensis Bomans, 1988 | | | Nigidius nitidus Thomson, 1862 | | | Nigidius rhodesianus Péringuey, 1909 | | | Prosopocoelus natalensis Parry, 1864 | | | Prosopocoelus specularis Boileau, 1904 | | | Prosopocoilus (Cyclotropus) specularis Boileau, 1904 | | | Prosopocoilus (Metopodontus) umhangi Fairmaire, 1891 | | | Prosopocoilus (Prosopocoilus) natalensis Parry, 1864 | |
Subnodes of Lucanidae with occurrences in Malawi
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