Hilophyllus Paulsen & Mondaca 2006
.....Hilophyllus Paulsen & Mondaca 2006: 6 (orig. comb.)

H. penai Martínez, male. Photo by M.J. Paulsen	Distribution of Hilophyllus species.

Distribution: Southern South America; central Chile and adjacent areas of Argentina.

Martínez, A. 1976. Un interesante Aesalinae neotropical (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Entomologischen Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey 27: 100–106.

Martínez, A. 1981. Un nuevo Ceratognathus neotropical (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Boletín de Entomología Venezolana N.S. 2(2): 13–19.

Mondaca, J. & M.J. Paulsen. 2005. Ceratognathus argentinensis Martínez, nuevo registro de Aesalinae (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) para Chile. Revista Chilena de Entomologia. 30(2): 21–26.

Paulsen, M.J. 2010. The stag beetles of southern South America (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Bulletin of University of Nebraska State Museum 24: 1-148. Available here.

Revision or Synopsis:

Paulsen, M. J. and J. Mondaca. 2006. Revision of the South American Ceratognathini (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Aesalinae) with the description of a new genus and a new species. Zootaxa 1191: 1-19.

Composition: 3 species.

Keys to Species:

Paulsen, M. J. and J. Mondaca. 2006. Revision of the South American Ceratognathini (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Aesalinae) with the description of a new genus and a new species. Zootaxa 1191: 1-19.

Species profiles: (click on species names)

H. argentinensis (Martínez) H. martinezi Paulsen & Mondaca H. penai (Martínez)