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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
521
7875
25069
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
517
7870
25062
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
498
7773
24792
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
322
6415
21860
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
89
2548
8817
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
83
2237
7457
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
10
448
2119
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles
10
448
2119
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLucanidae
Latreille, 1804
Stag Beetle, Stag beetles
9
45
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Tanzania
9 Genera with 45 Species
Figulus MacLeay, 18333SpeciesTaxom
Homoderus Parry, 1862
0SpeciesTaxom
Metopodontus Hope, 19015SpeciesTaxom
Nigidionus Kriesche, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Nigidius MacLeay, 190922SpeciesTaxom
Platycerus Geoffroy, 17741SpeciesTaxom
Prosopocoelus Parry, 19856SpeciesTaxom
Prosopocoilus Westwood, 178713SpeciesTaxom
Xiphodontus Westwood, 19091SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tanzania
45 Species and 9 Subspecies
Figulus (Figulus) sublaevis Beauvois, 1805
Figulus sublaevis anthracinus Klug, 1832
Figulus anthracinus (Klug, 1833)⇒ Figulus sublaevis Beauvois, 1805
Metopodontus elizabethae Waterhouse, 1905
Metopodontus mirabilis Boileau, 1904
Metopodontus savagei Hope, 1842
Metopodontus umhangi Fairmaire, 1891
Metopodontus wentzelheckmannae Kolbe, 1901
Nigidionus parryi Bates, 1866
Nigidius amplicollis Quedenfeld, 1884
Nigidius auriculatus Guérin-Mén..., 1844
Nigidius bega Kriesche, 1922
Nigidius bubalus (Swederus, 1787)⇒ Nigidius laevigatus Harold, 1878
Nigidius bubalus vosseleri Kriesche, 1920
Nigidius carreti Seguy, 1953
Nigidius cribricollis Parry, 1873
Nigidius delegorguei Thomson, 1862
Nigidius delegorguei delegorguei
Nigidius dentifer Albers, 1884
Nigidius divergens Waterhouse, 1890
Nigidius gnu Kriesche, 1920
Nigidius grandis Hope, 1841
Nigidius hysex Seguy, 1953
Nigidius kolbei Kriesche, 1920
Nigidius laticornis Boileau, 1911
Nigidius lettowvorbecki Kriesche, 1920
Nigidius mazoensis Bomans, 1988
Nigidius nitidus Thomson, 1862
Nigidius parryi (Bates, 1866)⇒ Nigidionus parryi Bates, 1866
Nigidius phaedimothorax De Lisle, 1974
Nigidius rhodesianus Péringuey, 1909
Platycerus caprea (De Geer, 1774)⇒ Platycerus caraboides Linnaeus, 1758
Prosopocoelus mirabilis Boileau, 1904
Prosopocoelus natalensis Parry, 1864
Prosopocoelus natalensis hanningtoni Waterhouse, 1890
Prosopocoelus petitclerci Didier, 1928
Prosopocoelus specularis Boileau, 1904
Prosopocoelus werneri Bomans, 1985
Prosopocoilus (Cyclotropus) specularis Boileau, 1904
Prosopocoilus specularis petitclerci Didier, 1928
Prosopocoilus specularis specularis
Prosopocoilus downesii savagei Hope, 1842
Prosopocoilus (Metopodontus) mirabilis Boileau, 1904
Prosopocoilus (Metopodontus) umhangi Fairmaire, 1891
Prosopocoilus (Prosopocoilus) antilopus (Swederus, 1787)⇒ Prosopocoilus antilope Swederus, 1787
Prosopocoilus antilopus antilopus antilopus Sw..., 1787
Prosopocoilus (Prosopocoilus) fuscus Bomans, 1977
Prosopocoilus (Prosopocoilus) natalensis Parry, 1864
Prosopocoilus serricornis congoanus Duvivier, 1891
Prosopocoilus (Pseudodontolabis) werneri Bomans, 1999
Prosopocoilus antilope Swederus, 1787
Xiphodontus bicolor Boileau, 1909

Subnodes of Lucanidae with occurrences in Tanzania
SubfamilyLucaninae
Latreille, 1804
7
35
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