Chiasognathus

Chiasognathus
Chiasognathus
Chiasognathus grantii, Darwin's beetle or Grant's stag beetle
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Lucanidae
Subfamily: Lucaninae
Genus: Chiasognathus
Stephens, 1831 [1]

Chiasognathus is a genus of stag beetles found in Argentina and Chile. It includes seven species:[1][2]

  • Chiasognathus beneshi Lacroix, 1978
  • Chiasognathus grantii Stephens, 1832
  • Chiasognathus impubis Parry, 1870
  • Chiasognathus jousselinii Reiche, 1850
  • Chiasognathus latreillei Solier, 1851
  • Chiasognathus mniszechii Thomson, 1862
  • Chiasognathus sombrus Paulsen & Smith, 2010

References

  1. ^ a b M. J. Paulsen (June 23, 2009). "Annotated Checklist of the New World Lucanidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea)". http://www-museum.unl.edu/research/entomology/Guide/Scarabaeoidea/Lucanidae/Lucanidae-Catalog/LucanidaeC.htm. Retrieved October 17, 2010. 
  2. ^ M. J. Paulsen & Andrew B. T. Smith (2010). "Revision of the genus Chiasognathus Stephens of southern South America with the description of a new species (Coleoptera, Lucanidae, Lucaninae, Chiasognathini)". ZooKeys 43: 33–63. doi:10.3897/zookeys.43.397. 

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