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Paralucaninae

Insecta - Coleoptera - Lucanidae

Taxonomy
Paralucaninae was named by Nikolajev (2000). Its type is Paralucanus.

It was reranked as the family Paralucanidae by Nikolajev (2007).

It was assigned to Scarabaeoidea by Nikolajev (2007); and to Lucanidae by Nikolajev (2000) and Cai et al. (2022).

Subtaxa
Paralucanus (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Paralucaninae Nikolajev p. S328
2007Paralucanidae Nikolajev p. 13
2022Paralucaninae Cai et al.

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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()
subfamilyParalucaninae
subfamilyParalucaninae

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.

Subfm. †Paralucaninae Nikolajev 2000
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G. †Paralucanus Nikolajev 2000
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Paralucanus mesozoicus Nikolajev 2000
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available