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Nicagini

Insecta - Coleoptera - Lucanidae

Taxonomy
Nicaginae was named by LeConte (1861). It is extant.

It was reranked as the tribe Nicagini by Cai et al. (2017) and Yamamoto (2023).

It was assigned to Aesalinae by Cai et al. (2017) and Yamamoto (2023); and to Lucanidae by Lawrence and Newton (1995) and Li and Cai (2023).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Nicaginae LeConte
1995Nicaginae Lawrence and Newton, Jr.
2017Nicagini Cai et al. p. 110
2023Nicaginae Li and Cai p. 192
2023Nicagini Yamamoto p. 212

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyScarabaeoidea
familyLucanidae()
subfamilyAesalinaeMacLeay 1819
tribeNicagini(LeConte 1861)
tribeNicagini(LeConte 1861)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Tr. Nicagini LeConte 1861
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G. †Protonicagus Cai et al. 2017
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Protonicagus mandibularis Yamamoto 2023
Protonicagus tani Cai et al. 2017
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Protonicagus mandibularis (222694) Protonicagus tani (161726)