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Commentary on Geonigidius Xin, Gong, Zhong & Qi, 2025, "the first brachypterous stag beetle in Eurasia", with proposition of synonymy with Nigidius Macleay, 1819

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  • 1. Engineering Research Center for Forest and Grassland Disaster Prevention and Reduction
  • 2. School of Artificial Intelligence and Big Data, Chongqing City University of Science and Technology
  • 3. Donghuaxincheng, Wangfenggang

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Nigidius Macleay, 1819 = Geonigidius Xin, Gong, Zhong & Qi, 2025, syn. n., and Nigidius sinensis (Xin, Gong, Zhong & Qi, 2025), comb. n.

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2226-0773
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urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:45D445DD-4A80-407D-A479-24D8777C0E35
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EDN: ZEJSDV

References

  • Araya K 1994: Discovery of a flightless Aegus (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) in Borneo. Elytra, 22 (2): 271–280.
  • Fujita H 2010: The Lucanid Beetles of the World. Mushi-Sha's Iconographic Series of Insects 6. Mushi-Sha, Tokyo, 472 pp., 248 pls.
  • Xin F-Y, Gong J-X, Zhong X-T & Qi Z-H 2025: The first discovery of brachypterous stag beetle in Eurasia: A remarkable new genus and species of the tribe Figulini Burmeister, 1847 (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae) from southwestern China. Zootaxa, 5728 (3): 531–548. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5728.3.4