Taxonavigation edit

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
Genus: Xiphodontus
Species (3): X. antilope – X. bicolor – X. endroedyi

Name edit

  • Xiphodontus Westwood, 1838

Synonyms edit

  • Cardanopsis Boileau, 1909
  • Cephax Laporte de Castelnau, 1840
  • Corypticus Sturm, 1843
  • Coryptius Dejean, 1837

References edit

  • Bartolozzi, L. 2005: Description of two new stag beetle species from South Africa (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). African entomology, 13(2): 347–352.
  • Bartolozzi, L.; Werner, K. 2004: Illustrated catalogue of the Lucanidae from Africa and Madagascar. Taita Publishers: Czech Republic. ISBN 80-902734-7-5
  • Benesh, B. 1955: Some further notes on the stagbeetles, with especial reference to Figulinae (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Transactions of the American entomological Society, 81: 59–76. JSTOR
  • Boileau 1910 [Sep. 1909] Ergeb. Schwed. Exped. Kilimandjaro, 1 (7), 338.
  • Westwood, J.O. 1838: Entom. Mag., 5(3): 259.

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