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Aesalus Fabricius 1801
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Aesalus Fabricius 1801: 254

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Scarabaeoidea
Lucanidae
Aesalinae
 
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A. neotropicalis Bates, female. Photo by M.J. Paulsen

Distribution of Aesalus species in the New World.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 

Distribution: Neotropical: southern Mexico to Panama.

 

Revision or Synopsis:

 

None.

 

Composition: 17 species (3 in New World).

 

Taxonomy:

 

Howden, H. F. and J. F. Lawrence. 1974. The New World Aesalinae, with notes on the North American lucanid subfamilies (Coleoptera, Lucanidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 52: 1505-1510.

 
 
 

Keys to Species:

 

None.

 

Species profiles: (pages under construction)

A. neotropicalis Bates
A. smithi
Bates
A. trogoides Albers

 
 
 
 
 
   
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Author: M. J. Paulsen
Generated on:
20/DEC/2006
University of Nebraska State Museum - Division of Entomology