Aegus (beetle)
| Aegus | |
|---|---|
| Aegus laevicollis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Lucanidae |
| Subfamily: | Lucaninae |
| Tribe: | Aegini |
| Genus: | MacLeay, 1819 |
| Species | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Aegus is a genus of stag beetles in the family Lucanidae. Comprising about 260 species in the genus, they are placed in the largest subfamily Lucaninae.[2][3] They are distributed in South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific countries, but introduced accidentally to many parts of the islands.[4][5]
Primarily saproxylic, adult beetles and grubs are commonly found in decaying wood and stumps with abundant fungal growth.[6]
Species
The species show dramatic external intraspecific variation resulting from sexual dimorphism and male polymorphism.[7]
- Aegus acuminatus (Fabricius, 1801)
- Aegus alternatus (Fairmaire 1881)
- Aegus lansbergei Boileau 1902
- Aegus bidens Möllenkamp 1902
- Aegus brevimandibularis Nagai 1994
- Aegus chelifer Macleay, 1819
- Aegus coomani Didier, 1926
- Aegus corniculatus Didier 1928
- Aegus cornutus Boileau, 1899
- Aegus eschscholtzi (Hope 1845)
- Aegus formosae Bates 1866
- Aegus grandis Deyrolle, 1874
- Aegus helleri Nagel 1928
- Aegus hyperpunctatus Boucher, 1996
- Aegus jasmini Araya & Fujioka 2007
- Aegus javanicus Oberthür & Houlbert 1914
- Aegus jengi Huang & Chen, 2016
- Aegus kombaensis Nagel 1941
- Aegus krikkeni Nagai 1994
- Aegus kurosawai Okajima & Ichikawa, 1986
- Aegus laevicollis Saunders 1854
- Aegus lansbergei Boileau, 1902
- Aegus meeki Didier, 1928
- Aegus modiglianii Bomans 1992
- Aegus naungi Nagai & Maeda 2009
- Aegus nakaneorum Ichikawa & Fujita, 1986
- Aegus nitidus Boileau, 1899
- Aegus parvus Boileau 1902
- Aegus parallelus (Hope 1845)
- Aegus philippinensis Deyrolle, 1865
- Aegus planicollis Möllenkamp 1911
- Aegus platyodon Parry, 1862
- Aegus rotundatus Boileau, 1902
- Aegus rubratus Didier 1928
- Aegus sepicanum (Kriesche 1920)
- Aegus sexlineatus Nagel 1928
- Aegus takakuwai Fujita 2010
- Aegus taurus Boileau, 1899
- Aegus westwoodi Boileau, 1899
References
- ^ "Aegus". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
- ^ "Aegus". The Encyclopedia of Life.
- ^ Hosoya, T.; Araya, K. (2005). "Phylogeny of Japanese Stag Beetles (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) Inferred from 16S mtrRNA Gene Sequences, with Reference to the Evolution of Sexual Dimorphism of Mandibles". Zoological Science. 22 (12): 1305–1318. doi:10.2108/zsj.22.1305. hdl:2433/108578. PMID 16462103. S2CID 36873139. Retrieved 2025-02-06.
- ^ "Aegus chelifer Macleay 1819, an Asian stag beetle (Coleoptera Lucanidae) invading the Seychelles Islands: a threat for endemic saproxylic species?". Tropical Zoology 23(2):173-180. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
- ^ "Aegus". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
- ^ Songvorawit, Nut; Butcher, Buntika Areekul; Chaisuekul, Chatchawan (2017-12-08). "Decaying Wood Preference of Stag Beetles (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) in a Tropical Dry-Evergreen Forest". Environmental Entomology. 46 (6): 1322–1328. doi:10.1093/ee/nvx143. PMID 29069306. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
- ^ Yuyan Cao, Michael D. Webb; Yuyan Cao, Michael D. Webb. "New synonymies and records of the stag-beetle genus Aegus MacLeay from Chinese fauna (Coleoptera: Lucanidae)". 动物分类学报 (in Chinese): 261–272. doi:10.11865/zs.201627. Retrieved 2021-07-29.