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Lucanidae (stag beetle)
Taxonomy
Lucanides was named by Latreille (1804). It is extant.
It was corrected as Lucanidae by Carpenter (1992), Lawrence and Newton (1995), Krell (2000), Wappler (2003), Nikolajev (2007), Bouchard et al. (2011), Qi et al. (2022) and Cai et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Polyphaga by Carpenter (1992) and Wappler (2003); and to Scarabaeoidea by Lawrence and Newton (1995), Krell (2000), Nikolajev (2007), Bouchard et al. (2011), Qi et al. (2022) and Cai et al. (2022).
It was corrected as Lucanidae by Carpenter (1992), Lawrence and Newton (1995), Krell (2000), Wappler (2003), Nikolajev (2007), Bouchard et al. (2011), Qi et al. (2022) and Cai et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Polyphaga by Carpenter (1992) and Wappler (2003); and to Scarabaeoidea by Lawrence and Newton (1995), Krell (2000), Nikolajev (2007), Bouchard et al. (2011), Qi et al. (2022) and Cai et al. (2022).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1992 | Lucanidae Carpenter p. 695 |
| 1995 | Lucanidae Lawrence and Newton, Jr. |
| 2000 | Lucanidae Krell p. 875 |
| 2003 | Lucanidae Wappler |
| 2007 | Lucanidae Nikolajev p. 17 |
| 2011 | Lucanidae Bouchard et al. |
| 2022 | Lucanidae Cai et al. |
| 2022 | Lucanidae Qi et al. p. 3 |
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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.
Fm. Lucanidae Latreille 1804 [stag beetle]
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Subfm. Aesalinae MacLeay 1819
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Tr. Aesalini MacLeay 1819
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G. †Sinaesalus Nikolajev et al. 2011
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†Sinaesalus curvipes Nikolajev et al. 2011
†Sinaesalus longipes Nikolajev et al. 2011
†Sinaesalus tenuipes Nikolajev et al. 2011
Tr. Ceratognathini Sharp 1899
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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
G. †Cretolucanus Nikolajev 2007
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†Cretolucanus longus Nikolajev 2007
†Cretolucanus ordinarius Nikolajev 2007
†Cretolucanus sibericus Nikolajev 2007
Subfm. Lampriminae MacLeay 1819
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G. †Protognathinus Chalumeau and Brochier 2001
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†Protognathinus spielbergi Chalumeau and Brochier 2001
Subfm. †Litholampriminae Nikolajev 2015
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G. †Litholamprima Nikolajev and Ren 2015
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†Litholamprima longimana Nikolajev and Ren 2015
†Litholamprima qizhihaoi Jiang et al. 2022
Subfm. Lucaninae Latreille 1804
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G. †Anisoodontus Wu et al. 2022
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†Anisoodontus qizhihaoi Wu et al. 2022
†Anisoodontus xiafangyuani Wu et al. 2022
Tr. †Platycerini Mulsant 1842
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Invalid names: Chiasognathini Burmeister 1847 [empty], Lucanus fossilis Wickham 1913 [nomen dubium], Penichrolucaninae Arrow 1950 [synonym], Platycerus sepultus Germar 1837 [nomen dubium]
Subfm. †Paralucaninae Nikolajev 2000
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Subfm. †Protolucaninae Nikolajev 2007
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Callovian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 166.10000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 157.3 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 157.3 Ma
Collections (36 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Callovian - Oxfordian | China (Nei Mongol) | Juraesalus atavus (113371) | |
| Tithonian | Mongolia | Paralucanus mesozoicus (104748) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian | China (Liaoning) | Litholamprima longimana (111712) Litholamprima qizhihaoi (226159 226160) Litholamprima sp. 1 (156389) Litholamprima sp. 2 (226161) Prolucanus beipiaoensis (111725) Prosinodendron krelli (111716) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian | China (Nei Mongol) | Sinaesalus tenuipes, Sinaesalus longipes, Sinaesalus curvipes (103654) | |
| Aptian | Russian Federation (Buryatia) | Lucanidae indet. (113350) Penichrolucanus kabakovi (118216) | |
| Aptian | Mongolia | Protolucanus jurassicus (105796) | |
| Early/Lower Aptian | Russian Federation | Cretolucanus longus, Cretolucanus ordinarius, Cretolucanus sibericus (123220) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Myanmar | Anisoodontus qizhihaoi, Anisoodontus xiafangyuani (225722) Ceratognathini indet. 1, Ceratognathini indet. 2, Protonicagus mandibularis, Cretognathus minutissimus (222694) Electraesalopsis beuteli (178121) Protonicagus tani, Oncelytris esquamatus (161726) | |
| Turonian | Kazakhstan | Cretaesalus ponomarenkoi (103274) | |
| MP 11 | Germany (Hessen) | Lampriminae indet., Dorcus sp., Protognathinus spielbergi (120798) | |
| MP 13 | Germany (Eifel) | Lucanidae indet. (135642 135643 138912) | |
| Priabonian | Russian Federation (Primorskiy) | Platycerus zherichini (123794) | |
| Priabonian | Poland | Dorcasoides bilobus (120811) Paleognathus succini (140931) Platycerus berendti (109625) | |
| Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | Ceruchus fuchsii (106380) Lucanus fossilis (124624) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | Czech Republic | Dorcus primigenius (138883) | |
| MP 30 | Germany | Platycerus sepultus (115802) | |
| Chattian | Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) | Ceruchites hahnei (122010) | |
| Burdigalian - Langhian | Dominican Republic | Syndesus ambericus (122473) | |
| Turolian | France (Ardèche) | Miocenidorcus andancensis (156164) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | United Kingdom | Dorcus parallelipipedus (168265) Lucanus cervus, Dorcus parallelipipedus (168267) |