Recent Southern Hemisphere Lamprimine Stag Beetle in Cretaceous Burmese Amber and Its Biogeographic Implications (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) †
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1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
Systematic Paleontology
4. Discussion
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Subfamily | Genera | Species | Distribution |
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Aesalinae MacLeay, 1819 | Cretaesalus Nikolajev, 1993 | Cretaesalus ponomarenkoi Nikolajev, 1993 | Kazakhstan (Upper Cretaceous) |
Cretognathus Yamamoto, 2023 | Cretognathus minutissimus Yamamoto, 2023 | Myanmar amber (mid-Cretaceous) | |
Juraesalus Nikolajev et al., 2011 | Juraesalus atavus Nikolajev et al., 2011 | China (Middle Jurassic) | |
Oncelytris Li & Cai, 2023 | Oncelytris esquamatus Li & Cai, 2023 | Myanmar amber (mid-Cretaceous) | |
Protonicagus Cai et al., 2017 | Protonicagus mandibularis Yamamoto, 2023 | Myanmar amber (mid-Cretaceous) | |
Protonicagus tani Cai et al., 2017 | Myanmar amber (mid-Cretaceous) | ||
Sinaesalus Nikolajev et al., 2011 | Sinaesalus curvipes Nikolajev et al., 2011 | China (Lower Cretaceous) | |
Sinaesalus longipes Nikolajev et al., 2011 | China (Lower Cretaceous) | ||
Sinaesalus tenuipes Nikolajev et al., 2011 | China (Lower Cretaceous) | ||
genus incertae sedis | Ceratognathini gen. et sp. indet. 1 | Myanmar amber (mid-Cretaceous) | |
Ceratognathini gen. et sp. indet. 2 | Myanmar amber (mid-Cretaceous) | ||
Lampriminae MacLeay, 1819 | Electraesalopsis Bai et al., 2017 | Electraesalopsis beuteli Bai et al., 2017 | Myanmar amber (mid-Cretaceous) |
Protognathinus Chalumeau & Brochier, 2001 | * Protognathinus spielbergi Chalumeau & Brochier, 2001 | Germany (Eocene) | |
Prostreptocerus Yu & Cai gen. nov. | Prostreptocerus burmiticus Yu & Cai sp. nov. | Myanmar amber (mid-Cretaceous) | |
Lucaninae Latreille, 1804 | Anisoodontus Wu et al., 2022 | Anisoodontus qizhihaoi Wu et al., 2022 | Myanmar amber (mid-Cretaceous) |
Anisoodontus xiafangyuani Wu et al., 2022 | Myanmar amber (mid-Cretaceous) | ||
Dorcus Macleay, 1819 | Dorcus primigenius Deichmüller, 1881 | Czech Republic (Eocene) | |
Lucanus Goldfuss, 1831 | * Lucanus fossilis Wickham, 1913 | USA (Oligocene) | |
Miocenidorcus Riou, 1999 | Miocenidorcus andancensis Riou, 1999 | France (Miocene) | |
Platycerus Geoffroy, 1762 | * Platycerus sepultus Germar, 1837 | Germany (Oligocene) | |
Platycerus zherichini Nikolajev, 1990 | Russia (Oligocene) | ||
Prolucanus Qi et al., 2022 | Prolucanus beipiaoensis Qi et al., 2022 | China (Lower Cretaceous) | |
Succiniplatycerus Nikolajev, 1990 | Succiniplatycerus berendti (Zang, 1905) | Baltic amber (Eocene) | |
Syndesinae MacLeay, 1819 | Ceruchus Wickham, 1911 | Ceruchus fuchsii Wickham, 1911 | U.S.A. (Oligocene) |
Prosinodendron Bai et al., 2012 | Prosinodendron krelli Bai et al., 2012 | China (Lower Cretaceous) | |
Syndesus Woodruff, 2009 | Syndesus ambericus Woodruff, 2009 | Dominican amber (Late Eocene) | |
Ceruchitinae Nikolajev, 2006 | Ceruchites Statz, 1952 | Ceruchites hahnei Statz, 1952 | Germany (Oligocene) |
Litholampriminae Nikolajev & Ren, 2015 | Litholamprima Nikolajev & Ren, 2015 | Litholamprima longimana Nikolajev & Ren, 2015 | China (Lower Cretaceous) |
Litholamprima qizhihaoi Jiang et al., 2022 | China (Lower Cretaceous) | ||
Paralucaninae Nikolajev, 2000 | Paralucanus Nikolajev, 2000 | Paralucanus mesozoicus Nikolajev, 2000 | Mongolia (Upper Jurassic) |
Protolucaninae Nikolajev, 2007 | Protolucanus Nikolajev, 2007 | Protolucanus jurassicus Nikolajev, 2007 | Mongolia (Upper Jurassic) |
Subfamily incertae sedis | Cretolucanus Nikolajev, 2007 | Cretolucanus longus Nikolajev, 2007 | Russia (Lower Cretaceous) |
Cretolucanus ordinarius Nikolajev, 2007 | Russia (Lower Cretaceous) | ||
Cretolucanus sibericus Nikolajev, 2007 | Russia (Lower Cretaceous) | ||
Dorcasoides Motschulsky, 1856 | Dorcasoides bilobus Motschulsky, 1856 | Baltic amber (Eocene) | |
Paleognathus Waga, 1883 | Paleognathus succini Waga, 1883 | Baltic amber (Eocene) |
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Yu, Y.; Liu, Z.; Li, Z.; Cai, C. Recent Southern Hemisphere Lamprimine Stag Beetle in Cretaceous Burmese Amber and Its Biogeographic Implications (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Insects 2024, 15, 658. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects15090658
Yu Y, Liu Z, Li Z, Cai C. Recent Southern Hemisphere Lamprimine Stag Beetle in Cretaceous Burmese Amber and Its Biogeographic Implications (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Insects. 2024; 15(9):658. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects15090658
Chicago/Turabian StyleYu, Yali, Zhenhua Liu, Zhiqiang Li, and Chenyang Cai. 2024. "Recent Southern Hemisphere Lamprimine Stag Beetle in Cretaceous Burmese Amber and Its Biogeographic Implications (Coleoptera: Lucanidae)" Insects 15, no. 9: 658. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects15090658