Lampriminae

Lampriminae
Lamprima aurata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea
Family: Lucanidae
Subfamily: Lampriminae
MacLeay, 1819
Synonyms[1]
  • Lamprimidae W. S. MacLeay, 1819
  • Lamprimini MacLeay, 1819
  • Streptocerini Kikuta, 1986

The Lampriminae are a relatively small subfamily of southern hemisphere stag beetle (Lucanidae) genera: based on the type genus Lamprima and included in William Sharp Macleay's first major work of 1819.[2]

Genera

BioLib[1] includes:

  1. Dendroblax White, 1846 (monotypic) - New Zealand
  2. Homolamprima Macleay, 1885 (monotypic) – Australia
  3. Lamprima Latreille, 1806 – Australia
  4. Phalacrognathus Macleay, 1885 (monotypic) – Australia, New Guinea
  5. Streptocerus Fairmaire, 1850 (monotypic) – S. America
Fossil genera
  1. †Paleognathus Waga, 1883
  2. †Prostreptocerus Yu & Cai, 2024
  • Dendroblax eralii
    Dendroblax eralii
  • Lamprima aurata larva
    Lamprima aurata larva
  • Phalacrognathus muelleri
    Phalacrognathus muelleri

References

  1. ^ a b BioLib.cz: subfamily Lampriminae MacLeay, 1819 (retrieved 28 January 2026)
  2. ^ MacLeay WS (1819) Horae entomologicae: or essays on the annulose animals. S. Bagster. London Vol.1 Part 1: 1-160. Available here
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