Lucaninae
Lucaninae | |
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Male specimen of Hexarthrius parryi paradoxus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Suborder: | Polyphaga |
Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
Superfamily: | Scarabaeoidea |
Family: | Lucanidae |
Subfamily: | Lucaninae Latreille, 1804 |
Genera | |
Many, see text |
The Lucaninae comprise the largest subfamily of the stag beetles (Lucanidae).
Characteristics include partial to complete division of the eyes by a canthus, geniculate antennae, and distinctly separated coxae. The body is typically elongated and slightly flattened.
Genera
Some notable species are also listed:
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References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lucaninae. |
Wikispecies has information related to: Lucaninae |
- Brett C. Ratcliffe, "Lucanidae", in Ross H. Arnett, Jr. and Michael C. Thomas, American Beetles (CRC Press, 2002), p. 7
- UNL museum checklist of New World Lucanidae
- G. Cassis, W.W.K. Houston, T.A. Weir & B.P. Moore (1992). Updated by A.A. Calder (2002). Coleoptera: Scarabaeoida. Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra. Viewed 22 November 2007.
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