Subfamily Aesalinae MacLeay 1819 (stag beetle)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Lucanidae
Parent taxon: Lucanidae according to S. Yamamoto 2026
See also Allsopp and Schoolmeesters 2026, Cai et al. 2022, Cai et al. 2017, Krell 2000, Lawrence and Newton 1995, Nikolajev 1993, Nikolajev 2007 and Nikolajev et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Ceruchitinae, Cretolucanus, Lampriminae, Litholampriminae, Lucaninae, Nicaginae, Paralucaninae, Protolucaninae, Syndesinae
Subtaxa: Aesalini
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (1 collection), Kazakhstan (1)
• Jurassic of China (1)
Total: 3 collections including 5 occurrences