Biology:Lampriminae

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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.[1]

Genera

BioLib[2] 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

References

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

Wikidata ☰ Q1127751 entry