Bibliography for LUCANIDAE

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• Boisduval, J.A. 1835. Faune Entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insects nouveaux recueillis pendent de voyage. 2me Partie. Coléoptères et autres Ordres. In, D'Urville, D., César, J. S. (ed.). Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les annés 1826–1829, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont d'Urville. Paris : J. Tastu Vol. 7 716 pp.
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• Bomans, H.E. 1987. 50e contribution à l'étude des coléoptères lucanides. Notes synonymiques et diverses, et descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de genre Figulus Macleay (3e partie). Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de l'Ouest de la France 53: 5-14
• Brunet, B.L. 1981. Some observations of the North Queensland stag beetle Lucanidae. North Queensland Naturalist 45: 12-13
• Burmeister, H.C.C. 1847. Handbuch der Entomologie. Coleoptera Lamellicornia Xylophila et Pectinicornia. Berlin : T.C.F. Enslin Vol. 5 viii 584 pp.
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• Carter, H.J. 1925. Revision of the Australian species of Chrysobothris (Fam. Buprestidae), together with notes and descriptions of new species of Coleoptera. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 50: 225–244
• Carter, H.J. 1926. Revision of the Australasian species of Anilara (Fam. Buprestidae) and Helmis (Fam. Dryopidae), with notes, and descriptions of other Australian Coleoptera. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 51(2): 50–71 [1 Jul. 1926]
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• Donovan, E. 1805. An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of New Holland, New Zealand, New Guinea, Otaheite, and other Islands in the Indian, Southern, and Pacific Oceans: including Figures and Descriptions of One Hundred and Fifty-three Species of the more Splendid, Beautiful, and Interesting Insects, hitherto Discovered in those Countries, and which for the most Part have not appeared in the Works of any Preceding Author. London : Rivington iv + [167] pp. + [41] pls. [Date published January]
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• Erichson, W.F. 1842. Beitrag zur Insecten-fauna von Vandiemensland, mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der geographischen Verbreitung der Insecten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 8(1): 83-287, pls 4, 5
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• Fearn, S. 1996. Observations on the life history and habits of the stag beetle Lamprima aurata (Latreille) (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) in Tasmania. Australian Entomologist 23(4): 133-138
• Froggatt, W.W. 1915. Notes and exhibits. Note on the life-history of Lamprima latreillei. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 40: 210
• Gahan, C.J. 1888. On the Coleoptera of Christmas Island. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1888: 538–541 [4 Dec. 1888]
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• Gestro, R. 1875. Descrizione di un nuovo genre e di alcune nuove specie di Coleotteri Papuani. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 7: 993-1027
• Gestro, R. 1881. Enumerazione dei Lucanidi raccolti nell' Archipelago Malese, e nella Papuasia dei G. Doria, O. Beccari, e L. M. D'Albertis. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 16: 303-340
• Hangay, G. & de Keyzer, R. 2017. A guide to Stag Beetles of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing pp.245.
• Hawkeswood, T.J. 1985. Host plant record for Figulus regularis Westwood (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 39: 200
• Holloway, B.A. 1960. Taxonomy and phylogeny in the Lucanidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). Records of the Dominion Museum 3: 321-365
• Holloway, B.A. 1968. The relationships of Syndesus Macleay and Sinodendron Schneider (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). New Zealand Journal of Science 11: 264-269
• Holloway, B.A. 1969. Further studies on generic relationships in Lucanidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) with special reference to the ocular canthus. New Zealand Journal of Science 12: 958-977
• Hope, F.W. & Westwood, J.O. 1845. A Catalogue of the Lucanoid Coleoptera in the collection of the Rev. F.W. Hope, M.A., F.R.S., etc., together with Descriptions of the new species therein contained. London : J.C. Bridgewater 31 pp.
• Howden, H.F. & Lawrence, J.F. 1974. The New World Aesalinae, with notes on the North American lucanid subfamilies (Coleoptera, Lucanidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 52: 1505-1510
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• Kirby, W. 1818. A century of Insects, including several new genera described from his cabinet. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 12: 375-453
• Krake, G.J. 1998. Description of the female of Eucarteria subvittata Moore (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Australian Entomologist 25(3): 93-95
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• Latreille, P.A. 1804. Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle: appliqée aux arts, principalement à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique: par une Société de naturalistes et d'agriculteurs: avec des figures tirés des trois règnes de la nature. Paris : Deterville Vol. 24.
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• Lawrence, J.F. 1981. Notes on larval Lucanidae (Coleoptera). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 20: 213-219
• Lawrence, J.F. 1981. The occurrence of Syndesus cornutus (F.) in structural timber (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 20: 171-172
• Lea, A.M. 1910. Notes on the genus Lissotes, with descriptions of new species. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1910: 346-366
• Lea, A.M. 1910. On Australian and Tasmanian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new species. Part I. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria n.s. 22(2): 113-152, pl. 30 [dated 1909]
• Lea, A.M. 1914. Notes on some miscellaneous Coleoptera, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 38: 249-344, pl. 16
• Lea, A.M. 1915. Descriptions of new species of Australian Coleoptera. Part X. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 39(4): 650-694
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