Insecta - Coleoptera - Lucanidae
Alternative spelling: Syndesidae
Full reference: W. S. MacLeay. 1819. Horae entomologicae: or essays on the annulose animals. Vol. I. Part I. Containing general observations on the geography, manners, and natural affinities of the insects which compose the genus Scarabaeus of Linnaeus; to which are added a few incidental remarks on the genera Lucanus and Hister of the same author. With an appendix and plates. 1-160
Parent taxon: Lucanidae according to P. G. Allsopp and P. Schoolmeesters 2026
See also Bouchard et al. 2011, Cai et al. 2022, Krell 2000 and Lawrence and Newton 1995
Sister taxa: Aesalinae, Ceruchitinae, Cretolucanus, Lampriminae, Litholampriminae, Lucaninae, Paralucaninae, Protolucaninae
Subtaxa: Ceruchini Sinodendrini Syndesini
Type: Syndesus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1 collection)
• Eocene of United States (1: Colorado)
• Cretaceous of China (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence