Ceratognathus WESTWOOD, 1838
(G. = Ceratognathus niger)
Ceratognathus abdominalis PARRY, 1870.
Ceratognathus abdominalis PARRY, 1870: 67, 99-100, 103,
116 [Moreton Bay].
Ceratognathus abdominalis PARRY; Van Roon, 1905:174.
Ceratognathus abdominalis PARRY; Van Roon, 1910:56.
Ceratognathus abdominalis PARRY; Boileau, 1913:268.
Ceratognathus abdominalis PARRY; Didier & Séguy,
1953:188.
Ceratognathus abdominalis PARRY; Benesh, 1960:19.
Ceratognathus abdominalis PARRY; Maes, 1992:6.
Ceratognathus abdominalis PARRY; Moore & Cassis,
1992:17.
Australia.
Queensland (Brisbane--27°28S--153°01E).
Moreton Bay, 27°28S--153°01E (HOLOTYPUS female of Ceratognathus
abdominalis PARRY 1870 in British Museum of Natural History).
Ceratognathus argentinensis MARTINEZ,
1981.
Ceratognathus argentinensis MARTINEZ,
1981:13-19, figs. 1-2 [Lago Curruhe Grande].
Argentina.
Neuquén : Lago Curruhe Grande : extreme west, I-67, on decaying trunk
possibly of Nothophagus sp., col. J. P.R. de Martínez, H. Martínez, A. Martínez & A. Martínez
(male HOLOTYPUS in coll. Martínez, Buenos Aires) (female ALLOTYPUS in Musée
canadien de la nature, Ottawa).
Ceratognathus bitumulatus CARTER,
1925.
Ceratognathus bitumulatus CARTER, 1925:232 [Barrington
Tops, Mt. Kosciusko].
Ceratognathus bitumulatus CARTER; Didier & Séguy,
1953:188.
Ceratognathus bitumulatus CARTER; Benesh, 1943:47.
Ceratognathus bitumulatus CARTER; Benesh, 1960:19.
Ceratognathus bitumulatus CARTER; Maes, 1992:6.
Ceratognathus bitumulatus CARTER; Moore & Cassis,
1992:17-18.
Australia.
New South Wales : Barrington Tops, 23°31S-138°43E (1 male and 1 female
SYNTYPUS of Ceratognathus bitumulatus CARTER 1925 probably in NMV).
New South Wales : Murray-Darling Basin, 32 to 36°S-115 to 148°E (Citated
by Moore & Cassis 1992).
New South Wales : Mt. Kosciusko, 36°27S-148°16E (1 female Syntypus of Ceratognathus
bitumulatus CARTER 1925 probably in ANIC).
Victoria (Citated by Moore & Cassis 1992).
Biology.
Saproxylophagous.
Ceratognathus flabellatus BOILEAU,
1905.
Ceratognathus flabellatus BOILEAU, 1905:176 [Cairns].
Ceratognathus flabellatus BOILEAU; Van Roon, 1910:56.
Ceratognathus flabellatus BOILEAU; Carter, 1925:234.
Ceratognathus flabellatus BOILEAU; Didier, 1928:9, 31.
Ceratognathus flabellatus BOILEAU; Benesh, 1952:137.
Ceratognathus flabellatus BOILEAU; Didier & Séguy,
1953:189.
Ceratognathus flabellatus BOILEAU; Benesh, 1960:19.
Ceratognathus flabellatus BOILEAU; Maes, 1992:6.
Ceratognathus flabellatus BOILEAU; Moore & Cassis,
1992:18.
Australia.
Queensland : Cairns, 16°55S-145°46E (1 male and 1 female SYNTYPUS of Ceratognathus
flabellatus BOILEAU 1905 probably in National Museum of Natural History of
Paris).
Ceratognathus frenchi BLACKBURN,
1897.
Ceratognathus Frenchi BLACKBURN, 1897:29 [Victorian
Mountains].
Ceratognathus Frenchi BLACKBURN; Van Roon, 1910:56.
Ceratognathus Frenchi BLACKBURN; Carter, 1925:234.
Ceratognathus Frenchi BLACKBURN; Didier, 1928:31.
Ceratognathus Frenchi BLACKBURN; Didier & Séguy,
1953:189.
Ceratognathus frenchi BLACKBURN; Benesh, 1960:19.
Ceratognathus frenchi BLACKBURN; Maes, 1992:6.
Ceratognathus frenchi BLACKBURN; Moore & Cassis,
1992:18.
Australia.
Victoria : "Victorian Mountains" (male HOLOTYPUS de Ceratognathus
Frenchi BLACKBURN 1897 in British Museum of Natural History).
Victoria : Dandenong Ranges (1 female col. Maes, Nicaragua).
Ceratognathus froggatti BLACKBURN,
1894.
Ceratognathus froggatti BLACKBURN, 1894: 94
[Australia : Botany Bay].
Ceratognathus Froggatti BLACKBURN; Froggatt,
1894:120-121.
Ceratognathus Frogatti BLACKBURN; Felsche, 1898:84.
Ceratognathus froggatti BLACKBURN; Van Roon,
1905:174.
Ceratognathus Froggatti BLACKBURN; Van Roon, 1910:56.
Ceratognathus Frogatti BLACKBURN; Boileau, 1913:268.
Ceratognathus Frogatti BLACKBURN; Carter, 1925:234.
Ceratognathus Froggatti BLACKBURN; Didier, 1928:31.
Ceratognathus Froggatti BLACKBURN; Didier &
Séguy, 1953:189.
Ceratognathus frogatti BLACKBURN; Benesh, 1960:19.
Ceratognathus frogatti BLACKBURN; Maes, 1992:6.
Ceratognathus froggatti BLACKBURN; Moore &
Cassis, 1992:18.
Australia.
New South Wales : Botany Bay, 34°00S-151°11E (1 male and 1 female
SYNTYPUS of Ceratognathus froggatti BLACKBURN 1894 probably in British
Museum of Natural History).
New South Wales : Botany (1 male, 1 female in MacLeay Museum, Sydney) (1
male in coll. H.E. Bomans, Taulignan, France).
New South Wales : Sydney, H.W. Cox (1 male in MacLeay Museum, Sydney).
New South Wales : Sydney (1 female in MacLeay Museum, Sydney).
New South Wales : Sawpit Creek Cod. : 12 km N. of Jindabyne, 20-XII-82,
leg. P. Schroeder (1 male, 1 female in coll. G. Krake, Australia).
Biology.
Xylophagous : Myrtaceae : Eucalyptus robusta.
Ceratognathus gilesi BLACKBURN,
1895.
Ceratognathus gilesi BLACKBURN, 1895:215 [Victoria].
Ceratognathus gilesi BLACKBURN; Felsche, 1898:84.
Ceratognathus gilesi BLACKBURN; Van Roon, 1905:175.
Ceratognathus Gilesi BLACKBURN; Van Roon, 1910:56.
Ceratognathus gilesi BLACKBURN; Boileau, 1913:268.
Ceratognathus Gilesi BLACKBURN; Carter, 1925:234.
Ceratognathus Gilesi BLACKBURN; Didier, 1928:31.
Ceratognathus Gilesi BLACKBURN; Didier & Séguy,
1953:189.
Ceratognathus gilesi BLACKBURN; Benesh, 1960:19.
Ceratognathus gilesi BLACKBURN; Maes, 1992:7.
Ceratognathus gilesi BLACKBURN; Moore & Cassis,
1992:18.
Australia.
New South Wales : Mt. Clyde (Citated by Moore & Cassis 1992).
Victoria (1 male and 1 female SYNTYPUS of Ceratognathus gilesi BLACKBURN
1895 probably in British Museum of Natural History).
Victoria (1 male col. Maes,
Nicaragua).
Victoria (1 male, 1 female in MacLeay Museum, Sydney).
Biology.
Saproxylophagous.
Ceratognathus macrognathus BOILEAU,
1905.
Ceratognathus macrognathus BOILEAU, 1905:200
[Australia].
Ceratognathus macrognathus BOILEAU; Van Roon, 1910:56.
Ceratognathus macrognathus BOILEAU; Carter, 1925:234.
Ceratognathus macrognathus BOILEAU; Didier, 1928:9, 31.
Ceratognathus macrognathus BOILEAU; Didier & Séguy,
1953:189.
Ceratognathus macrognathus BOILEAU; Benesh, 1960:20.
Ceratognathus macrognathus BOILEAU; Maes, 1992:7.
Ceratognathus macrognathus BOILEAU; Moore & Cassis,
1992:18.
Australia.
Queensland : Springbrook, 28°14S-153°16E (Citated by Moore & Cassis
1992).
New South Wales : Murray-Darling Basin, 32 to 36°S-115 to 148°E (Citated
by Moore & Cassis 1992).
Australia (male HOLOTYPUS of Ceratognathus macrognathus BOILEAU
1905 probably in National Museum of Natural History, Paris).
Ceratognathus mentiferus WESTWOOD,
1863.
Ceratognathus mentiferus WESTWOOD, 1863: 433, 434,
pl.15, fig. 5 [Goulborn River].
Ceratognathus mentiferus WESTWOOD; Parry, 1864:102,
109.
Ceratognathus mentiferus WESTWOOD; Parry, 1870:116.
Ceratognathus mentifer WESTWOOD; Felsche, 1898:84.
Ceratognathus mentifer WESTWOOD; Van Roon, 1905:175.
Ceratognathus mentifer WESTWOOD; Van Roon, 1910:56.
Ceratognathus mentifer WESTWOOD; Carter, 1925:234.
Ceratognathus mentifer WESTWOOD; Didier & Séguy,
1953:189.
Ceratognathus mentifer WESTWOOD; Benesh, 1960:20.
Ceratognathus mentifer WESTWOOD; Maes, 1992:7.
Ceratognathus mentiferus WESTWOOD; Moore & Cassis,
1992:18.
Australia.
New South Wales : Goulburn River, 32°24S-150°19E (male HOLOTYPUS of Ceratognathus
mentiferus WESTWOOD 1863 in British Museum of Natural History).
Western Australia : Warren River (Citated by Moore & Cassis 1992).
Ceratognathus minutus LEA, 1929.
Ceratognathus minutus LEA, 1929:211 [Royal National Park].
Ceratognathus minutus LEA; Didier & Séguy, 1953:189.
Ceratognathus minutus LEA; Benesh, 1960:20.
Ceratognathus minutus LEA; Maes, 1992:7.
Ceratognathus minutus LEA; Moore & Cassis, 1992:18.
Australia.
New South Wales : Wahroonga, 32°01S-148°07E (Citated by Moore &
Cassis 1992).
New South Wales : Royal National Park, 34°08S-151°04E (male HOLOTYPUS of
Ceratognathus minutus LEA 1929 in SAMA).
Ceratognathus niger WESTWOOD, 1838.
Ceratognathus niger WESTWOOD, 1838:261 [Tasmania as
"Van Diemens' Land"].
Platycerus furcatus CASTELNAU, 1840:174
[Nouvelle-Hollande].
Ceratognathus niger WESTWOOD; Hope & Westwood,
1845:7.
Ceratognathus niger WESTWOOD; Burmeister, 1847:325.
Ceratognathus niger WESTWOOD; Lacordaire, 1856:41.
Ceratognathus cornutus MAC LEAY; Thomson, 1862:403.
Ceratognathus niger WESTWOOD; Parry, 1863:451-452;
Ceratognathus niger WESTWOOD; Parry, 1864:102, 109.
Ceratognathus niger WESTWOOD; Parry, 1870:100, 116.
Ceratognathus niger WESTWOOD; Felsche, 1898:84.
Ceratognathus niger WESTWOOD; Van Roon, 1905:175.
Ceratognathus niger WESTWOOD; Heyne & Taschenberg,
1908:57, pl.8, fig. 32.
Ceratognathus niger WESTWOOD; Van Roon, 1910:56.
Ceratognathus niger WESTWOOD; Sharp & Muir,
1912:573-574, pl.42, fig. 5.
Ceratognathus niger WESTWOOD; Boileau, 1913:268.
Ceratognathus niger WESTWOOD; Didier, 1928:31.
Ceratognathus niger WESTWOOD; Didier & Séguy,
1953:189.
Ceratognathus niger WESTWOOD; Benesh, 1960:20.
Ceratognathus niger WESTWOOD; Holloway, 1962:69.
Ceratognathus niger (WESTWOOD); Alderson, 1975:217-221,
pl.I-II.
Ceratognathus niger WESTWOOD; Maes, 1992:7.
Ceratognathus niger WESTWOOD; Moore & Cassis,
1992:18.
Ceratognathus niger WESTWOOD; Holloway, 1998:figs. 2, 5,
8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23, 27, 31, 34.
Australia = New Holland :
Queensland.
New South Wales : Murray-Darling Basin, 32to36°S-115to148°E (Citated by
Moore & Cassis 1992).
New South Wales : Blue Mountains (2 males in MacLeay Museum, Sydney) (1
female in coll. H.E. Bomans, Taulignan, France).
New South Wales : Botany (1 male in MacLeay Museum, Sydney).
New South Wales (1 female in MacLeay Museum, Sydney) (1 male in coll. H.E.
Bomans, Taulignan, France).
New South Wales : Barrington Tops, I-25, University of Sydney Zoological
Expedition (1 male, 1 female in MacLeay Museum, Sydney; identification not
confirmed).
Australian Capitol Territories : Canberra, 35°17S-149°13E : Black
Mountain.
Victoria : Healesville, 16-VI-94, leg. De Keyzer, det. De Keyzer (1
male, 1 female col. Maes,
Nicaragua).
Victoria : Warragul,
1-XI-57 (1 ex. in Musée canadien de la nature, Ottawa).
Victoria : Cumberland Scientific Research near Cambarville, 37°43 S -
145°53 E, 7/9-XII-80, Noth-Acacia-Euc forest, under bark of Acacia dealbata,
col. D.A. Pollock &
L.A. Reichert (1 ex. in Musée canadien de la nature, Ottawa).
Victoria, 1960 (1 male col.
Maes, Nicaragua).
Victoria, leg. French, ex.
col. Van de Poll, ex. col. Inst. R. Sci. Nat. Belgium (1 female
col. Maes, Nicaragua).
Victoria (1 male, 1 female in MacLeay Museum, Sydney).
Kangaroo Is. (1 male in New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare
Research New Zealand Limited, Auckland).
Higgins, ACT, I-84, in rotten wood, col. J. Wiggins (1 male in
Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, Canberra).
Australia : Nouvelle Hollande (male HOLOTYPUS of Platycerus furcatus
CASTELNAU 1840 in col. National Museum of Natural History, Paris).
Australia (1 male col.
Maes, Nicaragua).
Tasmania.
Tasmania : Hobart : Nelson, 8-VII-97 (1 ex. in coll. Kiyotami Fukinuki, Japan).
Tasmania : Hobart, VI-1916, col. A.M. Lea (1 ex. in U.S. National
Museum, Washington).
Tasmania : Karoola, col. F.M. Littler (1 ex. in U.S. National Museum,
Washington).
Tasmania : Freycinet Peninsula, 9-I-78 (1 male in New Zealand Arthropod
Collection, Landcare Research New Zealand Limited, Auckland).
Tasmania : Launceston, I-26, in litter, (1 female in New Zealand
Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research New Zealand Limited, Auckland).
Tasmania : Clarement, 10-VII-84, leg. D. Cowie (1 female in coll. G.
Krake, Australia).
Tasmania : Clarement, 14-VII-84, leg. D. Cowie (2 males in coll. G.
Krake, Australia).
Tasmania : Van Diemens' Land (1 male and 1 female SYNTYPUS of Ceratognathus
niger WESTWOOD in coll. Oxford University Museum; 6 ex. SYNTYPUS Humboldt
Museum).
Tasmania (3 males, 2 females in MacLeay Museum, Sydney).
Tasmania (1 ex. in Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County).
Tasmania, purchased in VI-1916, A.M. Lea (1 ex. in U.S. National Museum,
Washington).
???
???, 1924, coll. F. Nielsen, Acc. 84899 (3 ex. in U.S. National Museum,
Washington).
???, 8-II-47 (1 ex. in Musé
canadien de la nature, Ottawa.
??? (1 ex. in Musé canadien
de la nature, Ottawa.
Biology.
Saproxylophagous :
Mimosaceae : Acacia.
Myrtaceae : Eucalyptus.
Ceratognathus ocularis CARTER,
1925.
Ceratognathus ocularis CARTER, 1925:233 [Barrington
Tops].
Ceratognathus ocularis CARTER; Didier & Séguy,
1953:189.
Ceratognathus ocularis CARTER; Benesh, 1960:20.
Ceratognathus ocularis CARTER; Maes, 1992:7.
Ceratognathus ocularis CARTER; Moore & Cassis,
1992:19.
Australia.
New South Wales : Barrington Tops, I-25, University of Sydney Zoological
Expedition (3 PARATYPUS of MacLeay Museum, Sydney - on 'permanent loan' to the
Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra).
New South Wales : Barrington Tops, 23°31S-138°43E (2 males and 3 females
SYNTYPUS of Ceratognathus ocularis CARTER 1925 in ANIC (NMUS).
New South Wales : Barrington Tops, 23°31S-138°43E (1 ex. SYNTYPUS of Ceratognathus
ocularis CARTER 1925 in AM).
New south Wales : Vic. Devil's Hole, Barrington Tops via Gloucester,
13/14-I-91, col. G. & S. Williams (1 ex. in Musée canadien de la nature,
Ottawa).
New South Wales : Murray-Darling Basin, 32 to 36°S-115 to 148°E (Citated
by Moore & Cassis 1992).
New South Wales : Mongarlowe, 35°25S-149°57E(Citated by Moore &
Cassis 1992).
Victoria : Goonmurk Rocks (Citated by Moore & Cassis 1992).
Ceratognathus penai MARTINEZ, 1976.
Ceratognathus penai MARTINEZ, 1976:100-106 [Caramavida].
Ceratognathus penai MARTINEZ; Martínez, 1981:18.
Ceratognathus penai MARTINEZ; Maes, 1992:7.
Chile.
Biobío : Arauco : W.
Cordillera Nahuelbuta : Caramavida, 750 m, 25/31-XII-53 & 1/10-I-54, col. L.
Peña (male HOLOTYPUS, 1 male PARATYPUS in coll. L. Peña, Santiago, Chile) (1
male PARATYPUS in coll. A. Martínez, Buenos Aires, Argentina) (note : actually
there are 2 PARATYPUS in Musée canadien de la nature, Ottawa).
Ceratognathus rufipennis WESTWOOD,
1872.
Ceratognathus rufipennis WESTWOOD, 1872:82-83, pl.2,
fig. 2 [Albany : King George´s Sound].
Ceratognathus rufipennis WESTWOOD; Van Roon, 1905:175.
Ceratognathus rufipennis WESTWOOD; Van Roon, 1910:56.
Ceratognathus rufipennis WESTWOOD; Boileau, 1913:268.
Ceratognathus rufipennis WESTWOOD; Carter, 1925:234.
Ceratognathus rufipennis WESTWOOD; Didier & Séguy,
1953:189.
Ceratognathus rufipennis WESTWOOD; Benesh, 1960:20.
Ceratognathus rufipennis WESTWOOD; Maes, 1992:7.
Ceratognathus rufipennis WESTWOOD; Moore & Cassis,
1992:19.
Australia.
South Australia
Western Australia : Albany : King George´s Sound, 35°03S, 117°58E, col. Brewer
(male HOLOTYPUS of Ceratognathus rufipennis WESTWOOD 1872 in col. British
Museum of Natural History).
Ceratognathus tasmanus BENESH,
1943.
Ceratognathus tasmanus BENESH, 1943:46-48, pl.4,
figs. 6-7 [Tasmania].
Ceratognathus tasmanus BENESH; Benesh, 1952:137.
Ceratognathus tasmanus BENESH; Didier & Séguy,
1953:189.
Ceratognathus tasmanus BENESH; Benesh, 1960:20.
Ceratognathus tasmanus BENESH; Maes, 1992:7.
Ceratognathus tasmanus BENESH; Moore & Cassis,
1992:19.
Ceratognathus tasmanus BENESH; Mizunuma & Nagai,
1994:203, pl.1, fig. 4(1).
Australia : Tasmania.
Tasmania : Cynthia Bay, 42°07S-146°10E : St. Clair Lake, 25-XII-74 (1
male citated by Mizunuma & Nagai 1994).
Tasmania, col. Edwards (HOLOTYPUS male and ALLOTYPUS female of Ceratognathus
tasmanus BENESH 1943 in coll. American Museum of Natural History, New
York).
Bibliography.
MIZUNUMA
T. & NAGAI S. (1994) The Lucanid Beetles of the World. Mushi-Sha's
Iconographic Series of Insects, Ed. H. Fujita, Japan. Vol. I : 337 pp., 156
pls.
Ceratognathus westwoodii THOMSON,
1862.
Ceratognathus westwoodii THOMSON, 1862:403, 433-434,
435 [Australia].
Ceratognathus punctatissimus WESTWOOD,
1863: 433-434, pl.15, fig. 4 [Nova Hollandia].
Ceratognathus Westwoodii THOMSON; Parry, 1864:102,
109.
Ceratognathus Westwoodii THOMSON; Parry, 1870:68, 99,
116.
(Ceratognathus setiger HOWITT); Parry, 1870:99 as a synonym.
Ceratognathus Westwoodi THOMSON; Felsche, 1898:84.
Ceratognathus westwoodi THOMSON; Van Roon, 1905:175.
Ceratognathus Westwoodi THOMSON; Van Roon, 1910:56.
Ceratognathus Westwoodi THOMSON; Carter, 1925:234.
Ceratognathus Westwoodi THOMSON; Benesh, 1952:137.
Ceratognathus Westwoodi THOMSON; Didier & Séguy,
1953:189.
Ceratognathus westwoodi THOMSON; Benesh, 1960:20.
Ceratognathus westwoodi THOMSON; Maes, 1992:7.
Ceratognathus westwoodi THOMSON; Moore & Cassis,
1992:19.
Ceratognathus westwoodi THOMSON; Holloway, 1998:fig.
35.
Australia.
Victoria : Melbourne, 37°49S-144°58E (Citated by Parry, 1870).
Arve Loop, in Atherosperma moschatum, collected 3-IX-81, emerged
6-XI-81, col. R. Bashford, Id. As "Sp. K" (1 female in Australian
National Insect Collection, CSIRO, Canberra).
Australia (male HOLOTYPUS of Ceratognathus Westwoodii THOMSON
1862 in National Museum of Natural History, Paris).
Australia : Nova Hollandia (male HOLOTYPUS of Ceratognathus
punctatissimus WESTWOOD 1863 in British Museum of Natural History).
Tasmania.
Tasmania : Queenstown, 4-II-23, col. A. Tonnoir (1 female col. Maes, Nicaragua).
Tasmania : Hobart : Mt.
Wellington, 8-XI-97 (1 ex. coll. Kiyotami Fukinuki, Japan).
Tasmania : SW Huonville : Bermuda Road, 4-II-89, col. R. Bell (1 male in
Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, Canberra).
Tasmania, ex. col. C.
Allport (1 male col. Maes, Nicaragua).
Tasmania (2 males, 2 females in MacLeay Museum, Sydney) (1 male, 1
female in coll. L. Bartolozzi, Firenze, Italy).
Note : Moore & Cassis (1992) restrict the distribution to Tasmania.
Biology.
Saproxylophagous.
Ceratognathus sp.
AUSTRALIA.
New South Wales : Blue Mountains (1 female in MacLeay Museum, Sydney).
New South Wales (1 male in MacLeay Museum, Sydney).
South Australia (1 female in MacLeay Museum, Sydney).
Victoria : 6 km N. Warburton : Cement Creek, 12-XI-91, beating
vegetation, col. M.A.
& L.L. Ivie (1 ex. in Montana State University).