Sphaenognathus

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: Chiasognathini
Genus: Sphaenognathus
Subgenera: S. (Australognathus) – S. (Chiasognathinus) – S. (Chiasornithodus) – S. (Sphaenognathinus) – S. (Sphaenognathus)

Overview of species

S. alticollis – S. armatus – S. bellicosus – S. bordoni – S. curvipes – S. feisthamelii – S. furumii – S. garleppi – S. gaujoni – S. giganteus – S. higginsi – S. kolbei – S. lindenii – S. mandibularis – S. metallescens – S. metallifer – S. monguilloni – S. munchowae – S. nobilis – S. oberon – S. peruvianus – S. prionoides – S. pseudocurvipes – S. pubescens – S. queenslandicus – S. rotundatus – S. signatus – S. spinifer – S. taschenbergi – S. xerophilus

Name

Sphaenognathus Buquet, 1838
- Original status: valid genus
- Gender: masculine
- Type species: Sphaenognathus prionoides Buquet, 1838
  - Fixation: monotypy
    - Contra: Chalumeau & Brochier, 1995: 22 ('présente désignation')

References

Baba, M. 2005: Notes on the genus Sphaenognathus (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) from South America. Gekkan-Mushi, (414): 4–16. ISSN: 0388-418X PDF
Baba, M. 2009: A new species of the genus Sphaenognathus Buquet, 1838 from Argentine. Gekkan-Mushi, (456): 39–40. ISSN: 0388-418X
Bartolozzi, L.; Onore, G. 1993: Observations on the biology and behaviour of Sphaenognathus oberon Kriesche (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Coleopterists bulletin, 47(2): 126–128. JSTOR
Buquet, L. 1838: [untitled]. Revue Zoologique par La Société Cuvierienne, 1838: 104. Internet Archive BHL
Chalumeau, F. & Brochier, B. 1993. Un nouveau genre de Chiasognathinae Australien (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Bulletin de la Société Sciences Nat (79): 16–17. Reference page.
Chalumeau, F. & Brochier, B. 1995. Les Chiasognathinae: genres, sous-genres et synonymies (Coleoptera, Lucanidae). Bulletin de la Société Sciences Nat (83): 18–24. Reference page.
Chalumeau, F.; Brochier, B. 2007: Chiasognathinae of the Andes. Taita Publishers, Czech Republic. ISBN 8090273475 ISBN 9788090273474 Google books (Snippet view) [not seen]
Moore, B.P. 1978: A new Australian stag beetle (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) with Neotropical affinities. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society, 17: 99–103. DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1978.tb01751.x
Moore, B.P.; Monteith, G.B. 2004: A second Australian species of the Gondwanan stag beetle genus Sphaenognathus Buquet (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 49(2): 693–699. ISSN: 0079-8835 PDF PDF
Moxey, C.F. 1962: A redescription of the tribe Chiasognathini, with the descriptions of a new species and a new subspecies of the genus Sphaenognathus Buquet (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Entomological news, 73(8): 197–202. Internet Archive BHL
Onore, G. 1994: Description of the immature stages of six species of Sphaenognathus, with comparative notes on phylogeny and natural history (Insecta: Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Annals of Carnegie Museum, 63(1): 77–99.

Links

ION
Nomenclator Zoologicus
Sphaenognathus in Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles [needs updating with S. pseudocurvipes]
Australian Faunal Directory [needs updating with S. munchowae]