The fossil record of stag beetles (Lucanidae), especially in Mesozoic amber, is sparse. Four
additional fossil lucanids preserved in mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber from northern …

Lucanidae, or stag beetles, represents a spectacular group of scarabaeoid beetles, with
mandibles often remarkably enlarged in males (Mizunuma & Nagai 1994). The earliest fossil …

The first stag beetle from the Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber is described and figured.
Protonicagus tani gen. et sp. nov. is firmly placed in the extant lucanid subfamily Aesalinae …

The stag beetle fossil genus Anisoodontus gen. nov. is described and illustrated as the first
member of the subfamily Lucaninae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Lucanidae) from mid …

The first stag beetle found in Cretaceous Myanmar amber, Electraesalopsis beuteli Bai,
Zhang & Qiu gen. & sp. nov., is described and illustrated on the basis of one well-preserved …

A total of 14 species in seven tingid genera have been described from the mid-Cretaceous
Burmese (Kachin) amber from northern Myanmar, with very distinct paleofauna. Here, a new …

Simple Summary The family Lucanidae Latreille, 1804, has long been considered to be one
of the most archaic groups in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea and contains more than 110 …

The origin and early evolutionary history of polyphagan beetles have been largely based on
evidence from the derived and diverse 'core Polyphaga', whereas little is known about the …

Abstract Stag beetles (family Lucanidae Latreille, 1804) are one of the earliest branching
lineages of scarab beetles that are characterized by the striking development of the male …

A new genus and species of the ant-like stone beetle supertribe Mastigitae,
Cretoleptochromus archaicus gen. et sp. nov., is described and figured based on an …