Apterocyclus Waterhouse, 1871
........Apterocyclus Waterhouse, 1871: 315

Distribution: USA: Hawai'i (Kauai I.).

Revision or Synopsis:

Paulsen, M.J. and D.C. Hawks. 2014. A review of the primary types of the Hawaiian stag beetle genus Apterocyclus Waterhouse (Coleoptera, Lucanidae, Lucaninae), with the description of a new species. ZooKeys 433: 77–88. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.433.8022

Van Dyke, E.C. 1922. A study of the lucanid Coleoptera of the Hawaiian Islands. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 5(1): 39-49.

Composition: 5 species.

Taxonomy:

Sharp, D. and H. Scott 1908. Coleoptera In (D. Sharp, ed.) Fauna Hawaiiensis or the Zoology of the Sandwich (Hawaiian) Isles. Volume 3 (5): 367-579, plates XIII - XVI.

Waterhouse, C.O. 1871. On a new genus and species of Coleoptera belonging to the family Lucanidae, from the Sandwich Islands. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1871(2): 315-316.

Remarks:

This is the only endemic genus of Scarabaeoidea in Hawai'i, and it is confined to the island of Kauai. These species are not currently protected and are possibly already extinct, or nearly extinct due to predation from introduced rats.

Species profile: (click on species name )

A. honoluluensis Waterhouse A. kawaii Paulsen & Hawks A. munroi Sharp A. palmatus Van Dyke A. waterhousei Sharp