Aegus (beetle)

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.[1][2] They are distributed in South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific countries, but introduced accidentally to many parts of the islands.[3][4]

Aegus
Aegus laevicollis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Lucanidae
Subfamily:
Lucaninae
Genus:
Aegus

MacLeay, 1819
species
see text
Synonyms
  • Alcimus Fairmaire, 1849
  • Paraegus Gahan, 1888
  • Xenostomus Boileau, 1898
  • Eubussea Zacher, 1913
  • Malietoa Kriesche, 1921
  • Elsion Kriesche, 1921
  • Odontaegus Kriesche, 1935

Primarily saproxylic, adult beetles and grubs are commonly found in decaying wood and stumps with abundant fungal growth.[5]

Species

The species show dramatic external intraspecific variation resulting from sexual dimorphism and male polymorphism.[6]

  • 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
  1. "Aegus - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  2. Hosoya, T.; Araya, K. (2005). "Sorry! We are experiencing technical difficulties". Zoological Science. 22 (12): 1305–1318. doi:10.2108/zsj.22.1305. hdl:2433/108578. PMID 16462103. S2CID 36873139. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  3. "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.
  4. "Aegus". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.


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