taxonID	type	description	language	source
03F8AC48AC14F511FF498E5FFEA7E460.taxon	materials_examined	Type material examined. Syntype ♂ of Aegus laevicollis Saunders (BMNH) (Fig. 1), labelled: “ SYNTYPE (blue label) / 85 28 / laevicollis var. max China [yellow label, handwritten] / BMNH (E) # 611193 / H. Bomans det. 1983, Aegus laevicollis Saund., ♂, SYNTYPE? ”. Syntype ♂ of Aegus laevicollis Saunders (BMNH) (Fig. 2), labelled: “ SYNTYPE [blue label] / Type [red label] / TYPE SP. [brown label] / Aegus laevicollis n. sp. [brown label, handwritten] / Aegus laevicollis, type sp., China [yellow label, handwritten] / BMNH (E) # 611200 / H. Bomans det. 1983, Aegus laevicollis Saund., ♂, SYNTYPE ”. Syntype ♂ of Aegus laevicollis Saunders (BMNH), labelled: “ SYNTYPE [blue label] / 11331 / Fortune / Fry Coll. 1905 - 110 / BMNH (E) # 611198 / H. Bomans det. 1983, Aegus laevicollis Saund., ♂, SYNTYPE? ”. Syntype ♀ of Aegus punctiger Saunders (BMNH) (Fig. 3), labelled: “ SYNTYPE / Cotype / 85 / 28 / Aegus punctiger Saunders. Ent. [-?] Shanghai [handwritten] / SYNTYPE Aegus punctiger Saund. M. E. Bacchus det. 1983 / H. Bomans det., 1983 Aegus laevicollis Saund. ♀ / BMNH (E) # 611199 ”. Syntype ♀ of Aegus punctiger Saunders (BMNH), labelled: “ SYNTYPE [blue label] / Cotype [yellow label] / 85 / 28 / China, Fochow / laevicolle ♀, punctiger Saunders / SYNTYPE, Aegus puncticollis Saund., M. E. Bacchus det, 1983 / BMNH (E) # 611536. Syntype ♂ of Aegus pichoni Didier (MNHN), labelled: “ TYPE [red label] / Hang-Tchéou, prov. du Tchèkiang, Pichon, Chine / Pichoni Didier [handwritten] / Museum Paris Coll. R. Didier 1937 / Aegus pichoni, Did., Holotype ♂, J. P. Lacroix det. 1973 ”. Syntype ♂ of Aegus pichoni Didier (MNHN), labelled: “ Hang-Tchéou, prov. du Tchèkiang, Pichon, Chine / Museum Paris / Aegus pichoni, Did., J. P. Lacroix det. 1973 ”. Additional material examined. China, Anhui, 23. VII. 1936, 1 ♂ 3 ♀, collector unknown (NZMC); Anhui, Mt. Huangshan, 22. VII. 1965, 2 ♀, collector unknown (NZMC); Zhejiang, Mt. Moganshan, 20. V. 1935, 26 ♂ 1 ♀, collector unknown (NZMC); Zhejiang, Mt. Tianmushan, 20. VII. 1936, 1 ♂ 3 ♀, collector unknown (NZMC); Fujian, Fuzhou, 12 ♂ 4 ♀, collector unknown (NZMC); Fujian, Mt. Wuyishan, 22. VII. 2011, 4 ♂ 2 ♀, leg. Yuyan Cao (MAHU).	en	Cao, Yuyan, Webb, Michael D., Bai, Ming, Wan, Xia (2016): New synonymies and records of the stag-beetle genus Aegus MacLeay from Chinese fauna (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Zoological Systematics 41 (3): 261-272, DOI: 10.11865/zs.201627, URL: http://zoobank.org/3359ade7-d4bc-402e-a689-c7ad4cbec846
03F8AC48AC14F511FF498E5FFEA7E460.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Hunan, Anhui, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Fujian).	en	Cao, Yuyan, Webb, Michael D., Bai, Ming, Wan, Xia (2016): New synonymies and records of the stag-beetle genus Aegus MacLeay from Chinese fauna (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Zoological Systematics 41 (3): 261-272, DOI: 10.11865/zs.201627, URL: http://zoobank.org/3359ade7-d4bc-402e-a689-c7ad4cbec846
03F8AC48AC14F511FF498E5FFEA7E460.taxon	discussion	Remarks. A. laevicollis was described from an unknown number of males (syntypes), of “ Length 9 / 10 inch ”, and a figure of a fully-developed male given (see Fig. 1 a). No data was given but for the paper title indicating the species was from China collected by R. Fortune and in the introduction it is noted that Fortune collected in the “ Tea Districts ”. There is one large male syntype labelled with the specimen number (Fig. 1) which matches Saunders’s figure and a few other specimens labelled as syntypes of A. laevicollis in the BMNH. Saunders also described A. punctiger in the same paper from an unknown number of females (syntypes), of “ Length 7 / 10 inch ”, also stating “ This species appears to be rare as very few specimens have been sent home ”. Two syntypes are present in BMNH. Saunders (1854) initially named this species “ A. laevicolle ”, a spelling that did not agree in gender with the generic name and was incorrect according to the ICZN (Chapter 7: Article 30. 2); Parry (1870) corrected the name to its current spelling of “ A. laevicollis ”. The species of A. pichoni Didier was described with the following data: “ Types ♂ et ♀, collectés à Hang-Tchéou, province du Tché kiang [= Hangzhou, Zhejiang], China, par notre ami M. Albert Pichon, à qui nous sommes heureux de dédier cette espèce nouvelle. ” A small male and female (syntypes, Figs 4 – 5) are in the Paris Museum matching this data. Their characters, including the male and female genitalia, indicate they are a small male and female of A. laevicollis. Intraspecific variation is very conspicuous in this species, especially the head and mandibles of differently sized males. In large males: head mainly granulated with dense large punctures behind eyes; mandibles fully-developed, about twice length of head, with large ventral basal teeth and dorsal middle teeth, dorsal ones much larger and longer than ventral ones; large triangular frontal tubercles on head, strongly erect; pronotum mainly smooth except for densely punctured straight margins. In medium-sized males (Fig. 2): head more deeply punctured; mandibles fully-developed, about as long as or slight longer than length of head, dorsal teeth slightly larger or as same size as basal teeth and more backward pointing; frontal tubercles smaller and feebly erect; pronotum mainly densely and deeply punctured, the margins slightly serrated, depression with denser and deeper punctures. In small males: head evenly covered with dense and deep large punctures; mandibles with very small ventral basal teeth, dorsal teeth vestigial or absent; frontal tubercles absent; pronotum covered with very dense punctures, margins strongly serrated. Female is very similar to small male except for smaller head and feebler mandibles with a broad large tooth ventrally at mid-length. Despite the above variation the basal tooth, labrum and pronotum of A. laevicollis exhibit a high degree of similarity. The basal tooth is small and bluntly triangular, the labrum is short, about half width of head, almost semicircular, and deeply concave in middle, and the pronotum is almost square-shaped, parallel-sided, with a distinct longitudinal depression at mid-length posteriorly, its front angle produced and entire without any apical concavity. In addition, the elytra possess six deep discal striae and two feeble lateral ones. The aedeagus is almost uniform in shape and size: PA laminate about 1 / 2 length of BP, apex bluntly rounded in lateral view; BP slightly rounded in basal 2 / 3 and much thinner and narrower in distal 1 / 3, with two very short finger-shaped stripes on membranous surface; ML almost symmetrical, with almost straight lateral margins and very small, sharp and recurved apex. PES long and thin, about 3 times as long as length of tegmen (Fig. 17). Taxonomy of A. laevicollis is also quite problematic because of the large number of subspecies. Two allied species, A. formosae Bates from Taiwan Island and A. subnitidus Waterhouse from Japan, were thought to be synonyms of A. laevicollis. In our opinion, the two taxa could be subspecies of A. laevicollis due to their geographical isolation and some stable morphological differences (see the checklist). Japanese entomologists added a lot of allied taxa to this species (Nomura, 1960; Ichikawa & Imanishi, 1976; Fujita & Ichikawa, 1985; Mizunuma & Nagai, 1994; Asai, 2001; Fujita, 2002; Murayama & Shimizu, 2004). Until now, the species group of A. laevicollis has contained 15 taxa. Thirteen of them including A. subnitidus were treated as subspecies from various Japanese Islands except for the two full species, A. laevicollis and A. formosae. Therefore, taxonomy of these taxa should be very interesting but challenging work with regard to so many “ subspecies ”.	en	Cao, Yuyan, Webb, Michael D., Bai, Ming, Wan, Xia (2016): New synonymies and records of the stag-beetle genus Aegus MacLeay from Chinese fauna (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Zoological Systematics 41 (3): 261-272, DOI: 10.11865/zs.201627, URL: http://zoobank.org/3359ade7-d4bc-402e-a689-c7ad4cbec846
03F8AC48AC16F517FF498E4AFECFE7E3.taxon	materials_examined	Type material examined. Syntype ♂ of Aegus taurus Boileau (MNHN), labelled: “ Type [red color] / Type [yellow color] / Ht. Tonkin, N. O. De Bao-Lac, Dr. Battarel, 1897 – 1898 / ex. coll. Boileau / MUSEUM PARIS, Coll. Didier / taurus Boil. ” Syntype ♂ of Aegus taurus (BMNH), labelled: “ Paratype (red label) / Ht. Tonkin, Dong Van, Cap Gadel 1898 / 7033 / H. E. Bomans BMNH (E) 1999 - 248 ”. Syntype ♂ of Aegus beauchenei Boileau (MNHN), labelled: “ Type [red color] / Type [yellow color] / Tonkin, Montes Manson, April – Mai, 2000 – 3000 feet, H. Fruhstorfer / Museum Paris, ex. coll. R. Oberthür / Beauchesnei, Types ♂ ♀, H. Boileau / Aegus beauchenei, Boil., Holotype ♂, J. P. LACROIX, det., 1974 ”. Syntype ♀ of Aegus beauchenei Boileau (MNHN), labelled: “ Tonkin, Montes Manson, April – Mai, 2000 – 3000 feet, H. Fruhstorfer / Museum Paris, ex. coll. R. Oberthür / Aegus beauchenei, Boil., allotype ♀, J. P. LACROIX, det., 1974 ”. Syntype ♂ of Aegus caprinus Didier (MNHN), labelled: “ TYPE [red label] / TYPE [yellow lable] / nam mar, 6 - 14 - 1918 / MUSEUM PARIS, Coll. Didier, 1937 / A. caprinus, Did., Holotype ♂, J. P. LACROIX, det., 1973 ”. Additional material examined. China, Hainan, Jianfengling, Tianchi, 750 m, 22. III. 1980, 3 ♂ 2 ♀, leg. Shuyong Wang (NZMC); Guangxi, Longzhou, Mt. Daqingshan, 360 m, 22. I. 1963, 1 ♂, leg. Chunguang Wang (NZMC); Guangxi, Napo, Beidou, 550 m, 22. VI. 2000, 1 ♀, leg. Jun Chen (NZMC); Guangxi, Jinxiu, Mt. Dayaoshan, 25. VI. 2011, 7 ♂ 2 ♀, leg. Xiaoyan Hu (MAHU). Distribution. China (Guangxi, Hainan), N. Vietnam. Remarks. Boileau (1899) described this species from many males from North Vietnam in the following way: “ Plusieurs ♂, du Haut-Tonkin: Dong-Van ”. It was described on the basis of typical large males but small males were also mentioned and the female was unknown. A large male (syntype) with “ Type ” and handwritten labels of Boileau in the MNHN has external characters consistent with the original description. A small male labelled “ Paratype ” in the BMNH from Bomans collection is also considered a syntype as its external characters and locality correspond to the original description. The two species treated here as junior synonyms of A. taurus were described from the same area as A. taurus. The first A. beauchenei was described from many examples (syntypes) in the following way: “ Tonkin, plusieurs exemplaires ”. A medium-sized male and a female with “ Type ” and handwritten labels of Boileau (MNHN) are considered syntypes (Figs 7, 9); “ beauchenei ” in the paper was wrongly written as “ Beauchesnei ” on the handwritten label (Fig. 7 b). The second species, A. caprinus was described from an unknown number of males (small) and females (syntypes) in the following way: “ Types ♂ et ♀ de Nam-Mia et Pow-Lan (Tonkin) ex-collection Boileau ”. A small male syntype (Fig. 8) has been examined (MNHN) but the female has not been found during this study. Morphological comparisons of the above type specimens revealed that of all three species belong to the same species. All share the following stable characters: male mandibles with small, short and triangular ventral basal teeth; labrum laminated and gently curved; pronotum transverse with truncated front angles, median longitudinal depression present but with very sparse punctures; six deep dorsal striae and two weak lateral oblique striae on each elytron; the meso- and hind femora with dense yellow hairs ventrally. As a key character for species identification, the aedeagus of the three type specimens show several similarities: PA laminated, about 1 / 3 length of BP, apex sharp in the lateral view; BP quite long, almost parallel-sided in basal 2 / 3 and sharp in distal 1 / 3; ML almost symmetrical, with almost straight lateral margins and very small, sharp and incurved apex; PES stout, covered with densely hairs, about twice as long as length of tegmen (Fig. 18). Therefore, we proposed A. beauchenei and A. caprinus as two new junior synonyms of A. taurus with the following intraspecific variation: syntype of A. taurus a large male, syntype of A. beauchenei a medium-sized male, syntype of A. caprinus a small male and a syntype of A. beauchenei a female. Maes (1992) listed A. taurus as a subspecies of A. laevicollis without explanation. In fact, they are totally different species due to the morphology of the mandibles, labrum and pronotum (Figs 1 – 9). The aedeagus is also distinctly different in the two species, especially the PES of A. taurus (Fig. 18) which is short and very stout, while that of A. laevicollis (Fig. 17) is quite long and thin.	en	Cao, Yuyan, Webb, Michael D., Bai, Ming, Wan, Xia (2016): New synonymies and records of the stag-beetle genus Aegus MacLeay from Chinese fauna (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Zoological Systematics 41 (3): 261-272, DOI: 10.11865/zs.201627, URL: http://zoobank.org/3359ade7-d4bc-402e-a689-c7ad4cbec846
03F8AC48AC10F515FF498AC8FC9EE7E3.taxon	materials_examined	Type material examined. Syntype ♂ of Aegus kuangtungensis Nagel (ZMHB), labelled: Holotypus [red label] / Lung tao shan, Kuang tung, 28. VI., Mell. S. leg. / Aegus sinensis Type Det. P. Nagel Nagel. [handwritten] / Zool. Mus. Berlin / H. Bomans det., 1983 Aegus kuangtungensis Nagel, ♂. Syntype ♂ of Aegus dispar Didier (MNHN), labelled: “ Holotype [red lable] / TYPT [red] / 30 lieues de Fo-kien [handwritten] / DR [or Dk]. 24.7.15 / Fukien [handwritten] / dispar Didier [handwritten] / Ex coll. Boileau / MUSEUM PARIS coll. Didier / MUSEUM PARIS Coll. R. DIDIER 1937 / H. Bomans det., 1986, Aegus dispar Did., ♂ HOLOTYPE ”. Syntype ♀ of Aegus dispar Didier (MNHN), labelled: “ Allotype [red label] / TYPE [red] / 30 lieues de Fo-kien [handwritten] / Fukien [handwritten] / DR [or Dk]. 24. 7. 15 / Ex coll. Boileau / MUSEUM PARIS coll. Didier / MUSEUM PARIS Coll. R. DIDIER 1937 / H. Bomans det., 1986, Aegus dispar Did., ♀ ALLOTYPE ”. Syntype ♂ of Aegus dispar Didier (MNHN), labelled: “ Cotype [brown label, printed] / 30 lieues de Fo-kien [handwritten] / Fukien [Handwritten] / D. R. [or Dk] 24. 7.15 / MUSEUM PARIS coll. Didier. Additional material examined. China, Hunan, Runshun, Shamuhe linchang, 600 m, 9. VIII. 1988, 3 ♀ 5 ♂, leg. Shuyong Wang (NZMC); Hunan, Dong’an, Damiaokou Linchang, 10. VI. 1981, leg. Xiaosheng Du (NZMC); Hunan, Mangshan, Pingkeng, VII. 1978, 1 ♂, leg. Chuncai Yin (NZMC); Zhejiang, Mt. Tianmushan, 29. VII. 1996, 1 ♂, leg. Jiang Xianlian; Zhejiang, Sanmuping, Mt. Tianmushan, 29. VI. 1996, 1 ♂, leg. Mingshui Zhao (NZMC); Fujian, Shanghang, 23. VII. 1988, 2 ♂, collector unknown (NZMC); Fujian, Mt. Wuyishan, 18. VII. 2013, 3 ♂ 2 ♀, leg. Yuyan Cao & Yuanyuan Wu (MAHU); Guangxi, Jinxiu, Dayaoshan, 8 ♂ 2 ♀, 23. VII. 2011, leg. Xiaoyan Hu (MAHU). Distribution. China (Zhejiang, Hunan, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi). Remarks. Two males (syntypes) of A. kuangtungensis was described by Nagel with the following habitat data: “ Hab.: in monte draconis apud Siu-dsau, Kuangtung prov. China meridion. (Dr. R. Mell legit 2 ♂) ”. The place name showed that the type locality could be the current Mt. Dragon in Siu-dsau, Kuangtung (around the area of Shaoguan, Guangdong). One syntype was figured originally (Fig. 16), which was very helpful to diagnosis this species due to the type depository was not given. According to Krajcik (2003), the private collection of Nagel was possibly donated to the Hannover Museum in Germany and destroyed in the World War II. However, one male labelled “ Holotypus ” in ZHMB is in accordance with the original description (body 19 mm, mandible 6 mm, width 8 mm). Possibly, Nagel donated one male syntype to ZHMB but did not mention in the paper. We also found a name label of “ A. sinensis ” attached to this male (Fig. 10 b). It seemed that Nagel once intended to name this specimen as “ sinensis ” but eventually replaced it with kuangtungensis. Female of this species was said as unknown in the description of Nagel. Bomans (1989) incorrectly reported a female from Mt. Wuyishan (Fujian Porvince) as the “ Allotype ” of A. kuangtungensis. The extant syntype of A. kuantungensis (Fig. 10) is a dark brown medium-sized male. Head is transverse, scattered with minute punctures, slightly concaved centrally with two small frontal tubercles flattened horizontally and projected as small horns. Mandibles are well developed, about as 1.5 times as the length of head, each mandible with a small triangular basal tooth ventrally and a large triangular dorsal tooth near midlength. Labrum is laminated over short distance, almost V shape with deep emargination in middle. Pronotum transverse, slightly wider than head, mainly smooth except for densely punctured margins; anterior angles thorn-like strongly truncate, hind angles quite rounded; lateral margins slightly serrated; posteriorly median longitudinal depression not pronounced with few small punctures. Elytra are bright brown with seven deeply dorsal striae and a weak lateral one. Legs short, finely serrated along outer margin of tibiae; front tibiae with 5 – 6 large teeth laterally; middle tibiae with 2 small ones; hind tibiae with a single very minute tooth, with long dense yellow hairs along the inner margin of tibia. A. dispar was described from an unknown number of female and small male (“ ♂ (min) ”) specimens (syntypes) in the following way: “ Types ♂ et ♀, de Fukien, ex collection Boileau ” (Figs 12 – 13), Fukien (= Fujian, China). Two specimens (syntypes) in MNHN match this data but a further specimen (MNHN) labelled with a “ Cotype ” label is of uncertain status as it is a large male (Fig. 11). The very small male syntype of A. dispar is distinctly different from large males of A. kuantungensis (including its syntype) in a few head characters. For example, its head has scattered deep dense punctures, frontal tubercles absent; mandibles poorly developed with only small basal teeth ventrally, the dorsal teeth absent; especially the left one is abnormally during the development and with another small median tooth ventrally; pronotum evenly covered with dense punctures; lateral margins markedly serrated; the middle depression posteriorly deeply and densely punctured. However, some important characters are common to both species, i. e., ventral basal teeth of mandibles are short and small; labrum laminated, almost V-shaped with deep medial emargination; elytra with seven deep dorsal striae and a weak lateral one; hind tibiae with quite long dense yellow hairs laterally; aedeagus very similar: PA laminated, about 1 / 2 length of BP, apex quite broad in lateral view; BP almost parallel-sided in basal 2 / 3 and much thinner and narrower in distal 1 / 3, with two finger-shaped stripes on membranous surface; ML almost symmetrical, with bent lateral margins and very small, sharp and incurved apex; PES very long and thin with very soft tip, almost transparent and membranous, about four times as long as length of tegmen (Fig. 19). The two species are not highly similar in morphology but were originally collected from almost the same area: A. kuantungensis from north of Guangdong not far from the type locality of A. dispar, Fujian. Other collection records show that A. kuantungensis is widely distributed in the South China, such as Hunan, Fujian, Zhejiang and Guangdong Provinces. Based on the above findings, A. dispar is proposed as a new junior synonym of A. kuantungensis; the type series of both species essentially exhibiting the phenotype variations of A. kuantungensis, i. e., the syntype of A. kuantungensis is a medium-sized male, the syntype male of A. dispar is a small male with left mandible abnormality and the remaining syntype of A. dispar is a female. The specimen of A. dispar in MNHN with a “ Cotype ” label is a large male from Didier collection and therefore its status is uncertain. Some additional large and small specimens from Fujian Province are here identified as A. kuantungensi based on the above finding.	en	Cao, Yuyan, Webb, Michael D., Bai, Ming, Wan, Xia (2016): New synonymies and records of the stag-beetle genus Aegus MacLeay from Chinese fauna (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Zoological Systematics 41 (3): 261-272, DOI: 10.11865/zs.201627, URL: http://zoobank.org/3359ade7-d4bc-402e-a689-c7ad4cbec846
03F8AC48AC12F515FF498DE4FC29E323.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Zhejiang, Fujian, Hubei, Guangdong, Sichuan).	en	Cao, Yuyan, Webb, Michael D., Bai, Ming, Wan, Xia (2016): New synonymies and records of the stag-beetle genus Aegus MacLeay from Chinese fauna (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Zoological Systematics 41 (3): 261-272, DOI: 10.11865/zs.201627, URL: http://zoobank.org/3359ade7-d4bc-402e-a689-c7ad4cbec846
03F8AC48AC12F515FF498E88FC5DE2C0.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Zhejiang, Guangxi, Guangdong, Yunnan), N. Vietnam.	en	Cao, Yuyan, Webb, Michael D., Bai, Ming, Wan, Xia (2016): New synonymies and records of the stag-beetle genus Aegus MacLeay from Chinese fauna (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Zoological Systematics 41 (3): 261-272, DOI: 10.11865/zs.201627, URL: http://zoobank.org/3359ade7-d4bc-402e-a689-c7ad4cbec846
03F8AC48AC12F51BFF498FACFE51E443.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Fujian).	en	Cao, Yuyan, Webb, Michael D., Bai, Ming, Wan, Xia (2016): New synonymies and records of the stag-beetle genus Aegus MacLeay from Chinese fauna (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Zoological Systematics 41 (3): 261-272, DOI: 10.11865/zs.201627, URL: http://zoobank.org/3359ade7-d4bc-402e-a689-c7ad4cbec846
03F8AC48AC1CF51BFF498929FBEBE70F.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Fujian, Guangxi, Guangdong, Yunnan), N. Vietnam, Madagascar.	en	Cao, Yuyan, Webb, Michael D., Bai, Ming, Wan, Xia (2016): New synonymies and records of the stag-beetle genus Aegus MacLeay from Chinese fauna (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Zoological Systematics 41 (3): 261-272, DOI: 10.11865/zs.201627, URL: http://zoobank.org/3359ade7-d4bc-402e-a689-c7ad4cbec846
03F8AC48AC1CF51BFF498A6CFD31E7AB.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Guangxi), N. Vietnam.	en	Cao, Yuyan, Webb, Michael D., Bai, Ming, Wan, Xia (2016): New synonymies and records of the stag-beetle genus Aegus MacLeay from Chinese fauna (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Zoological Systematics 41 (3): 261-272, DOI: 10.11865/zs.201627, URL: http://zoobank.org/3359ade7-d4bc-402e-a689-c7ad4cbec846
03F8AC48AC1CF51BFF498B30FDE2E6D7.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Zhejiang, Fujian).	en	Cao, Yuyan, Webb, Michael D., Bai, Ming, Wan, Xia (2016): New synonymies and records of the stag-beetle genus Aegus MacLeay from Chinese fauna (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Zoological Systematics 41 (3): 261-272, DOI: 10.11865/zs.201627, URL: http://zoobank.org/3359ade7-d4bc-402e-a689-c7ad4cbec846
03F8AC48AC1CF51BFF498BD4FD5CE114.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian).	en	Cao, Yuyan, Webb, Michael D., Bai, Ming, Wan, Xia (2016): New synonymies and records of the stag-beetle genus Aegus MacLeay from Chinese fauna (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Zoological Systematics 41 (3): 261-272, DOI: 10.11865/zs.201627, URL: http://zoobank.org/3359ade7-d4bc-402e-a689-c7ad4cbec846
03F8AC48AC1CF51BFF498C98FE47E1B0.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Taiwan).	en	Cao, Yuyan, Webb, Michael D., Bai, Ming, Wan, Xia (2016): New synonymies and records of the stag-beetle genus Aegus MacLeay from Chinese fauna (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Zoological Systematics 41 (3): 261-272, DOI: 10.11865/zs.201627, URL: http://zoobank.org/3359ade7-d4bc-402e-a689-c7ad4cbec846
03F8AC48AC1CF51BFF498F23FD6BE2E5.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Xizang), N. E. India, Bhutan.	en	Cao, Yuyan, Webb, Michael D., Bai, Ming, Wan, Xia (2016): New synonymies and records of the stag-beetle genus Aegus MacLeay from Chinese fauna (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Zoological Systematics 41 (3): 261-272, DOI: 10.11865/zs.201627, URL: http://zoobank.org/3359ade7-d4bc-402e-a689-c7ad4cbec846
03F8AC48AC1CF51BFF498E7FFE47E3B9.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Taiwan).	en	Cao, Yuyan, Webb, Michael D., Bai, Ming, Wan, Xia (2016): New synonymies and records of the stag-beetle genus Aegus MacLeay from Chinese fauna (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Zoological Systematics 41 (3): 261-272, DOI: 10.11865/zs.201627, URL: http://zoobank.org/3359ade7-d4bc-402e-a689-c7ad4cbec846
03F8AC48AC1CF51BFF498D3BFC0CE37C.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Anhui, Hubei, Hunan, Zhejiang, Fujian, Sichuan).	en	Cao, Yuyan, Webb, Michael D., Bai, Ming, Wan, Xia (2016): New synonymies and records of the stag-beetle genus Aegus MacLeay from Chinese fauna (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Zoological Systematics 41 (3): 261-272, DOI: 10.11865/zs.201627, URL: http://zoobank.org/3359ade7-d4bc-402e-a689-c7ad4cbec846
03F8AC48AC1CF518FF498FC6FD96E443.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Guangdong).	en	Cao, Yuyan, Webb, Michael D., Bai, Ming, Wan, Xia (2016): New synonymies and records of the stag-beetle genus Aegus MacLeay from Chinese fauna (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Zoological Systematics 41 (3): 261-272, DOI: 10.11865/zs.201627, URL: http://zoobank.org/3359ade7-d4bc-402e-a689-c7ad4cbec846
03F8AC48AC1FF518FF498929FE47E4EF.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Taiwan).	en	Cao, Yuyan, Webb, Michael D., Bai, Ming, Wan, Xia (2016): New synonymies and records of the stag-beetle genus Aegus MacLeay from Chinese fauna (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Zoological Systematics 41 (3): 261-272, DOI: 10.11865/zs.201627, URL: http://zoobank.org/3359ade7-d4bc-402e-a689-c7ad4cbec846
03F8AC48AC1FF518FF498A90FD36E19A.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Guangxi, Hainan), N. Vietnam. Funding This research is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31071954, 31201745, 31572311).	en	Cao, Yuyan, Webb, Michael D., Bai, Ming, Wan, Xia (2016): New synonymies and records of the stag-beetle genus Aegus MacLeay from Chinese fauna (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Zoological Systematics 41 (3): 261-272, DOI: 10.11865/zs.201627, URL: http://zoobank.org/3359ade7-d4bc-402e-a689-c7ad4cbec846
03F8AC48AC1FF518FF498A90FD36E19A.taxon	description	Acknowledgements We are grateful to Ms. Valérie Lemaître for her help in translating from the French and checking the manuscript. We are also indebted to Mr. Max Barclay, Mr. Malcolm Kerley, Ms. Beulah Garner (Natural History Museum, London, UK) and Dr. Stéphane Boucher (Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France), for their assistances during the corresponding author’s visit; to Dr. Johannes Frisch and Mr. Joachim Willers (Museum für Naturkunde, Humboldt- Universität, Berlin, Germany) for the loan of type material, to Dr. Luca Bartolozzi (Natural History Museum, Zoology Section ‘ La Specola’, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy) for his kind help during the corresponding author studied in Italy. Many thanks are also to: Dr. Siqin Ge, Dr. Meiying Lin and Dr. Hongbin Liang (The National Zoological Museum of China, Beijing) for the loan of some specimens.	en	Cao, Yuyan, Webb, Michael D., Bai, Ming, Wan, Xia (2016): New synonymies and records of the stag-beetle genus Aegus MacLeay from Chinese fauna (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Zoological Systematics 41 (3): 261-272, DOI: 10.11865/zs.201627, URL: http://zoobank.org/3359ade7-d4bc-402e-a689-c7ad4cbec846
