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Checklist for Family Lucanidae Latreille, 1804 (Stag Beetle)
and region Malawi (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
327
3787
9641
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
327
3787
9641
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
308
3697
9443
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
226
3307
8735
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
42
831
2107
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
38
729
1797
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
7
279
876
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles
7
279
876
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLucanidae
Latreille, 1804
Stag Beetle, Stag beetles
4
17
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Malawi
4 Genera with 17 Species
Metopodontus Hope, 19012SpeciesTaxom
Nigidius MacLeay, 190910SpeciesTaxom
Prosopocoelus Parry, 19042SpeciesTaxom
Prosopocoilus Westwood, 18643SpeciesTaxom


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
SubfamilyLucaninae
Latreille, 1804
2
13
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Lucanidae at artfakta.se
Lucanidae at dyntaxa.se
Lucanidae at gbif.org
Lucanidae at irmng.org
Lucanidae at itis.gov