Psilodon

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: Syndesinae
Genus: Psilodon
Species (8): P. aequinoctiale – P. buhrnheimi – P. gilberti – P. luki – P. paschoali – P. schuberti – P. seguyi – P. xerophilicum
Name

Psilodon Perty, 1830: Delectus animalium articulatorum, quae in itinere per Brazilian annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX, (1) 53.
Synonymy

Hexaphyllum Gray, 1832

References

Grossi, P.C.; Aguiar, N.O. 2014: Discovery of a third stag beetle genus in the Amazonian region, with description of a new species of Psilodon Perty (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Syndesinae: Syndesini). Coleopterists bulletin 68(1): 83–90. DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-68.1.83 Reference page. [Key to species]

Selected links

Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles