''Chiasognathus'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
stag beetle
Stag beetles comprise the family Lucanidae. It has about 1,200 species of beetles in four subfamilies.Smith, A.B.T. (2006). A review of the family-group names for the superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) with corrections to nomenclature and a c ...
s found in
Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...
and
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...
. It includes seven species:
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Chiasognathus beneshi''
Lacroix, 1978
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Chiasognathus grantii''
Stephens, 1832
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Chiasognathus impubis''
Parry, 1870
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Chiasognathus jousselinii''
Reiche, 1850
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Chiasognathus latreillei''
Solier, 1851
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Chiasognathus mniszechii''
Thomson, 1862
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Chiasognathus sombrus''
Paulsen & Smith, 2010
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Lucaninae
Beetles of South America
Lucanidae genera
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