Oonotus

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: Lucaninae
Tribus: Dendeziini
Genus: Oonotus
Subgenera: O. (Macroonotus) – O. (Oonotus)

[subgenera after Endrödy-Younga (1993)]

Overview of species

O. adspersus – O. interioris – O. rex – O. sericeus

[species after Endrödy-Younga (1993)]

Name

Oonotus Parry, 1864

Gender

masculine

Synonyms

• Macroonotus Endrödy-Younga, 1993 [subgenus] [synonymised by Endrödy-Younga, 1993: 32]

Type species

• Macroonotus Endrödy-Younga: Oonotus rex Endrödy-Younga, 1993, by original designation
• Oonotus Parry: Dorcus adspersus Boheman, 1857, by monotypy

References

• Bartolozzi, L.; Werner, K. 2004: Illustrated catalogue of the Lucanidae from Africa and Madagascar. Taita Publishers: Czech Republic. ISBN 80-902734-7-5
• Boheman, C.H. 1857: Insecta Caffrariae, annis 1838-1845 a J. A. Wahlberg collecta. Vol. 2 . Norstedtiana, Stockholm. Internet Archive BHL
• Endrödy-Younga, S. 1993. The southern African lucanid genus Oonotus Parry with descriptions of a new subgenus and three new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). Annals of the Transvaal Museum 36(5): 31–40. Full article (PDF) on African Journal Archive Reference page. 
• Parry, F.J.S. 1864: A catalogue of lucanoid Coleoptera; with illustrations and descriptions of various new and interesting species. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (3), 2: 1–113, plates I-XII. Internet Archive BHL

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