Subfamily Aesalinae MacLeay 1819 (stag beetle)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Lucanidae
Parent taxon: Lucanidae according to C. Y. Cai et al. 2022
See also Cai et al. 2017, Krell 2000, Lawrence and Newton 1995, Nikolajev 1993, Nikolajev 2007 and Nikolajev et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Ceruchitinae, Cretolucanus, Dorcasoides, Electraesalopsis, Lampriminae, Litholampriminae, Lucaninae, Paleognathus, Paralucaninae, Prosinodendron, Protolucaninae, Syndesinae, Syndesus
Subtaxa: Aesalini Ceratognathini Nicagini
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (1 collection), Kazakhstan (1), Myanmar (2)
• Jurassic of China (1)
Total: 5 collections including 11 occurrences