Colophon

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Lucanidae
Subfamilia: Lucaninae
Genus: Colophon
Species (21): C. barnardi – C. berrisfordi – C. cameroni – C. cassoni – C. deschodti – C. eastmani – C. endroedyi – C. haughtoni – C. izardi – C. kawaii – C. kirchneri – C. montisatris – C. nagaii – C. neli – C. oweni – C. primosi – C. stokoei – C. struempheri – C. switalae – C. thunbergii – C. westwoodi – C. whitei

Name

Colophon Gray, 1832

References

Barnard, K.H. 1929. A study of the genus Colophon Gray (Coleoptera, Lucanidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 18: 163–182, plate 1.
Barnard, K.H. 1932. The rediscovery of Colophon thunbergi, Westw., with descriptions of further new species of the genus (Col., Lucanidae). Stylops 1: 169–174. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1932.tb01377.x
Bartolozzi, L. 1995. Description of a new species of Colophon from South Africa (Coleoptera, Lucanidae). Fragmenta entomologica 26(2): 333–340. PDF.
Bartolozzi, L. 2005. Description of two new stag beetle species from South Africa (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). African entomology 13(2): 347–352.
Bartolozzi, L. & Werner, K. 2004. Illustrated catalogue of the Lucanidae from Africa and Madagascar. Taita Publishers: Czech Republic. ISBN 80-902734-7-5
Endrödy-Younga, S. 1986. Evidence for the low-altitude origin of the Cape mountain biome derived from the systematic revision of the genus Colophon Gray (Coleoptera, Lucanidae). Annals of the South African Museum 96(6): 359–424. BHL Reference page.
Geertsema, H. & Owen, C.R. 2007. Notes on the habitat and adult behaviour of three red-listed Colophon spp. (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) of the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa. Journal of insect conservation 11(1): 43–46. DOI: 10.1007/s10841-006-9017-x
Jacobs, C.T., Scholtz, C.H. & Strümpher, W.P. 2015. Taxonomy of Colophon Gray (Coleoptera: Lucanidae): new species and a status change. Zootaxa 4057(1): 135–142. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4057.1.9 Preview (PDF). Reference page.
Mizukami, T. 1996. A new species and a new subspecies of the genus Colophon from Republic of South Africa (Coleoptera, Lucanidae). Gekkan-Mushi (304): 22–25.
Mizukami, T. & Kawai, S. 1997. Nature of the South Africa and ecological note on the genus Colophon Gray (Coleoptera, Lucanidae). Gekkan-Mushi, supplement (2): 1–80.
Schenk, K.-D. 2019. Notes on the Colophon stokoei species group and description of Colophon kirchneri spec. nov. from South Africa, Cape Province (Coleoptera, Lucanidae). Beetles World (20): 4–13.
Scholtz & Endrödy-Younga, S. 1994. Systematic position of Colophon Gray (Coleoptera: Lucanidae), based on larval characters. African entomology 2(1): 13–20. PDF.
Switala, A., Sole, C. & Scholtz, C. 2014. Colophon larvae: descriptions and phylogenetic implications. Insect Systematics & Evolution 46(1) 37–46. DOI: 10.1163/1876312X-45012113 Reference page.
Switala, A., Sole, C. & Scholtz, C.H. 2014. Phylogeny, historical biogeography and divergence time estimates of the genus Colophon Gray (Coleoptera, Lucanidae). Invertebrate systematics 28(3): 326–336. DOI: 10.1071/IS13054 Reference page.