Stag beetle

Stag beetle
Temporal range:
A male specimen of Lamprima aurata, the golden stag beetle
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea
Family:
Latreille, 1804
Subfamilies

Aesalinae
Lampriminae
Lucaninae
Syndesinae

Stag beetles comprise the family Lucanidae. It has about 1,200 species of beetles in four subfamilies.[1] Some species grow to over 12 centimetres (4+1⁄2 inches), but most to about 5 cm (2 in).

  1. ^ Smith, Andrew B. T. (2006). "A Review of the Family-Group Names for the Superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) with Corrections to Nomenclature and a Current Classification". Coleopterists Society Monographs. Patricia Vaurie Series (5): 144–204. ISSN 1934-0451. JSTOR 4153168.
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