The Aesalinae are a subfamily of the stag beetle (Lucanidae) genera: based on the type genus Aesalus and included in William Sharp Macleay's first major work of 1819.MacLeay WS (1819) Horae entomologicae: or essays on the annulose animals. S. Bagster. London Vol.1 Part 1: 1-160. Available here
Tribes and genera BioLibBioLib.cz: subfamily Aesalinae MacLeay, 1819 (retrieved 26 January 2025) includes three tribes: Aesalini Authority: MacLeay, 1819 Aesalus Echinoaesalus Himaloaesalus Lucanobium Strabaesalus Trogellus Zelenkaesalus Fossil genera †Cretaesalus †Juraesalus †Sinaesalus
Ceratognathini Authority: Sharp, 1899 Ceratognathus Hilophyllus Holloceratognathus Mitophyllus Fossil genera †Electraesalopsis †Oncelytris †Protonicagus
Nicagini Authority: LeConte, 1861 Nicagus
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