TY  - GEN
A1  - Paulsen, Matthew J.
T1  - Revision of the endemic Madagascan stag beetle genus Ganelius Benesh, and description of a new, related genus (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae: Figulini)
T2  - Insecta mundi
N2  - This paper revises the genus Ganelius Benesh, which is endemic to Madagascar, in the stag beetle tribe Figulini Burmeister (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae). Species in the genus are striking in their highly sexually dimorphic mandibles, a character that rarely occurs in the tribe. The genus was previously comprised of four species, but three of these names were problematic or questionably applied. A lectotype is designated for G. madagascariensis Laporte, a neotype is designated for Ganelius oberndorferi Nonfried, and Nigidius passaliformis Benesh is newly synonymized with G. oberndorferi. Two new species, G. gnamptus Paulsen and G. zombi Paulsen, are described from western Madagascar. The identity of the overlooked Ganelius nageli (Kriesche) is fixed through a neotype designation, and the species is moved to the new genus Agnelius, which is distinguished from Ganelius by a lack of sexual dimorphism, serrate protibiae, and a more flattened body.
T3  - Insecta Mundi - 592 
KW  - Figuline
KW  - taxonomy
KW  - Africa
KW  - Madagascar
KW  - new genus
KW  - Agnelius
Y1  - 2017
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/45404
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-454046
UR  - http://centerforsystematicentomology.org/insectamundi/PDF-download.asp?FileName=0592_Paulsen_2017.pdf
SN  - 1942-1354
SN  - 0749-6737
N1  - Copyright held by the author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons, Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
SP  - 1
EP  - 16
PB  - Flora & Fauna Publ.
CY  - Gainesville, Fla.
ER  -