Hexarthrius

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Scarabaeiformia
Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Lucanidae
Subfamilia: Lucaninae
Tribus: Lucanini
Genus: Hexarthrius
Species: H. aduncus – H. andreasi – H. bowringii – H. buquettii – H. davisoni – H. forsteri – H. howdeni – H. mandibularis – H. melchioritis – H. mniszechi – H. nigritus – H. parryi – H. rhinoceros – H. sanuchi – H. vitalisi
Name

Hexarthrius Hope, 1842

References

Deyrolle, H. 1881: Description de cinq Lucanides nouveaux. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (6), 1: 237–240. Internet Archive BHL
Okuda, N.; Maeda, T. 2016: Two new species of the genus Lucanus Scopoli and two new subspecies of the genus Hexarthrius Hope (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) from Arunachal Pradesh, northeastern India. Gekkan-Mushi, (544): 19–26

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Nomenclator Zoologicus

Hexarthrius is a genus of large stag beetles. They are also known as fork horned stag beetles for the shape for their mandibles[2] It includes the following species:[3]

Hexarthrius aduncus Jordan & Rothschild, 1894
Hexarthrius andreasi Schenk, 2003
Hexarthrius bowringii Parry, 1862
Hexarthrius buquettii (Hope, 1843)
Hexarthrius davisoni Waterhouse, 1888
Hexarthrius forsteri (Hope, 1840)
Hexarthrius howdeni De Lisle, 1972
Hexarthrius kirchneri Schenk, 2003
Hexarthrius mandibularis Deyrolle, 1881
Hexarthrius melchioritis Séguy, 1954
Hexarthrius mniszechi (Thomson, 1857)
Hexarthrius nigritus Lacroix, 1990
Hexarthrius parryi Hope, 1842
Hexarthrius rhinoceros (Olivier, 1789)
Hexarthrius vitalisi Didier, 1925

See also
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Taxonomy of Lucanidae

References

J.M. Maes (January 11, 2004). "Coleoptera: Lucanidae". Coleoptera.org.
"Hexarthrius". Nomenclator Zoologicus.
Benjamin Harink. "Genus: Hexarthrius, Rhaetulus, Rhaetus, Pseudorhaetus, Digonophorus ". Ben's Beetle Breeding Homepage. Archived from the original on 2012-04-02.