Insecta - Coleoptera - Lucanidae
Alternative spelling: Lucanides
Full reference: P. A. Latreille. 1804. Tableau méthodique des insectes. Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle, Appliquée aux Arts, Principalement à l'Agriculture et à l'Economie Rurale et Domestique 24:129-200
Parent taxon: Scarabaeoidea according to P. G. Allsopp and P. Schoolmeesters 2026
See also Bouchard et al. 2011, Cai et al. 2022, Carpenter 1992, Krell 2000, Lawrence and Newton 1995, Nikolajev 2007, Qi et al. 2022 and Wappler 2003
Sister taxa: Aliscarabaeus, Alloioscarabaeidae, Ateuchites, Belohinidae, Bolboceratidae, Ceafornotensis, Copris subterraneus, Crassiungula, Cretaclopus, Cretonitis, Diphyllostomatidae, Geotrupidae, Geotrupoides, Glaphyridae, Glaresidae, Gymnopleurus deperditus, Holcorobeini, Holcorobeus, Hongscarabaeus, Hybosoridae, Hybosorites, Juraclopus, Mahengea, Mesaclopus, Mesoscarabaeus, Mongolrobeus, Ochodaeidae, Onthophagus urusheeri, Opiselleipon, Passalidae, Passalopalpidae, Pleocomidae, Prionocephale, Prophaenognatha, Scarabaeidae, Scelocopris, Septiventeridae, Trogidae
Subtaxa: Aesalinae Ceruchitinae Cretolucanus Lampriminae Litholampriminae Lucaninae Nicaginae Paralucaninae Protolucaninae Syndesinae
Type: Lucanus
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