Psilodon

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Lucanidae
Subfamilia: Syndesinae
Genus: Psilodon
Species (8): P. aequinoctiale – P. buhrnheimi – P. gilberti – P. luki – P. paschoali – P. schuberti – P. seguyi – P. xerophilicum

Name

Psilodon Perty, 1830: Delectus animalium articulatorum, quae in itinere per Brazilian annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX, (1) 53.

Synonymy

• Hexaphyllum Gray, 1832

References

• Grossi, P.C. & Aguiar, N.O. 2014: Discovery of a third stag beetle genus in the Amazonian region, with description of a new species of Psilodon Perty (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Syndesinae: Syndesini). The Coleopterists Bulletin 68(1): 83–90. DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-68.1.83 Reference page.  [Key to species]

Selected links

• Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles