Aegognathus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Scarabaeiformia
Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Lucanidae
Subfamilia: Lucaninae
Tribus: Neoprosopocoilini
Genus: Aegognathus
Species (9): A. aguirei – A. caledoniaensis – A. confusus – A. iridicolor – A. leuthneri – A. similis – A. soulai – A. spitzi – A. spixi – A. waterhousei
Name

Aegognathus Leuthner, 1883
Gender: masculine
Type species: Aegognathus waterhousei Leuthner, 1883
Fixation: monotypy

References

Arnaud, P.; Bomans, H. 2006: Descriptions de deux genres et quatre nouvelles espèces de Coléoptères Lucanidae du Pérou. Besoiro, (12): 2–7. PDF
Grossi, P.C. 2011: Review of Incadorcus Arnaud & Bomans with the description of three new species from the Yungas of Peru and Bolivia (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae). Zootaxa, 2750: 1–14. Preview
Grossi, P.C.; Racca-Filho, F.; Vaz-de-Mello, F.Z. 2003: A new Aegognathus Leuthner, 1883 (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) from Brazil. Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift, 50(2): 249–254. DOI: 10.1002/mmnd.20030500209 PDF
Leuthner, F. 1883: Aegognathus waterhousei, a new genus and species of Dorcidae from Peru. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1883: 445–446, plate XXI. Internet Archive BHL
Weinreich, E. 1963: Revision südamerikanischer Lucanidae (Ins. Col.), III. Die Gattungen Pholidotus, Aegognathus, Macrocrates, Auxicerus, und Ergänzungen zu Metadorcus, Scortizus, Beneshius, und Sclerostomus. Senckenbergiana biologica, 44: 183–212.

Links

ION
Nomenclator Zoologicus
Aegognathus in Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles