Sinolucanus

Sinolucanus
Sinolucanus cryptonychus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Lucanidae
Subfamily:	Lucaninae
Genus:	Sinolucanus Wang & He, 2025
Synonyms
XizangiaZhang, 1988

Sinolucanus is a genus of beetles of the family Lucanidae.

Taxonomy

The genus Xizangia was established by Zhang in 1988 for Xizangia cryptonychus. The generic name Xizangia, however, is a junior homonym of Xizangia (Loftusiida: Orbitolinidae), described by Zhang in 1982. The new replacement name Sinolucanus was established in 2025. When originally described, the genus was placed in the family Trogidae. It was later identified as a member of Lucanidae and synonymized with Penichorlucanus , until it was revalidated.

Species

• Sinolucanus cryptonychus (Zhang, 1988)
• Sinolucanus qiuae (Huang & Chen, 2022)

Etymology

The generic name is a combination of Sino- from Latin Sinae (meaning China) and the genus name Lucanus. ^[1]

References

1. Sinolucanus nom. nov., a new replacement name for Xizangia Zhang, 1988 (Coleoptera: Lucanidae)