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| Nicagus occultus from Texas |
Copyright: 2005 Magnolia Press
ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition)
M.J. PAULSEN & AARON D. SMITH
A new species of stag beetle from sand dunes in west Texas, and a synopsis of the genus Nicagus (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Aesalinae: Nicagini) //
Zootaxa, 1050: 45-60 (2005).
University of Nebraska State Museum, W436 Nebraska Hall, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588-0514, U.S.A.
(mpaulsen@unlserve.unl.edu)
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Department of Entomology, 216E Minnie Bell Heep, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77842-2475,
U.S.A.
(darkling@neo.tamu.edu)
Abstract
A new species of stag beetle, Nicagus occultus n. sp., is described from the Monahans Sandhills of
western Texas. Previously, the genus Nicagus contained only two species: N. obscurus (LeConte)
from the eastern and central United States and southern Canada, and N. japonicus Nagel from
Japan. The discovery of N. occultus represents both an unexpected range extension and an unusual
habitat (unvegetated sand dunes) for the family Lucanidae. A synopsis (diagnosis and distribution)
for each Nicagus species is given, including detailed distributional information for N. obscurus.
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