Erichius

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Scarabaeiformia
Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Lucanidae
Subfamilia: Lucaninae
Tribus: Sclerostomini
Genus: Erichius
Species (12): E. brevicollis – E. caelatus – E. calverti – E. costatus – E. darwinii – E. fairmairii – E. fasciatus – E. femoralis – E. franzae – E. virgatus – E. vittatus – E. zabulostictus

[source: Paulsen (2010)]
Name

Erichius Maes, 1992
Original status: valid subgenus of Pycnosiphorus
Authority for current status: Paulsen (2010)
Gender: masculine
Type species: Dorcus femoralis Guérin-Méneville, 1839
Fixation: original designation

Synonyms

Epipedus Solier, 1851 [junior homonym]
Gender: masculine
Type species: Lucanus caelatus Blanchard, 1842
Fixation: subsequent designation by Maes (1992)
Calvertius Maes, 1992 [junior homonym]
Original status: valid subgenus of Pycnosiphorus
Gender: masculine
Type species: Sclerostomus calverti Nagel, 1932
Fixation: original designation
Weinreichiellus Maes, 1992 [unavailable name?]
Neoepipedus Özdikmen & Turgut, 2006
new replacement name for Epipedus Solier, 1851
Original status: valid subgenus of Pycnosiphorus
Gender: masculine
Type species: Lucanus caelatus Blanchard, 1842
Fixation: automatic

References

Numhauser T., J. 1991: Observaciones sobre el género Pycnosiphorus: grupo fasciatus (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Revista chilena de entomología, 19: 51–57. PDF
Özdikmen, H.; Turgut, S. 2006: Nomenclatural changes in Lucaninae (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Munis entomology & zoology, 1(1): 145–148.
Paulsen, M.J. 2010: The stag beetles of southern South America (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Bulletin of University of Nebraska State Museum, 24: 1–148. abstract only seen
Solier, A.J.J. 1851: Orden III. Coleópteros. Pp. 5–285 in: Gay, C. (ed.) Historia Física y Política de Chile. Zoología, vol. 5. C. Gay, Paris, France. BHL [in Spanish]

Links

Erichius in Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles
ION
Nomenclator Zoologicus