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:	Aegus MacLeay, 1819
Species
See text
Synonyms [1]
Aegus (Micraegus) Maes, 1992 Aegus (Odontaegus) Kriesche, 1935 Aegus (Elsion) Kriesche, 1920 Aegus (Malietoa) Kriesche, 1920 Eubussea Zacher, 1913 Aegus (Pseudaegus) Heller, 1900 Xenostomus Boileau, 1898 Paraegus Gahan, 1888

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

1. "Aegus". Catalogue of Life . Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
2. "Aegus". The Encyclopedia of Life .
3. 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.
4. "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.
5. "Aegus". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
6. 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.
7. 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.