{{short description|Genus of beetles}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Nicagus | authority = LeConte, 1861 }}

'''''Nicagus''''' is a genus of stag beetles in the family Lucanidae: representing the monogeneric tribe '''Nicagini''' in the subfamily Aesalinae. There are at least three described species in ''Nicagus'', recorded from Japan and North America.<ref name=gbif/><ref name=itis/><ref name=buglink/>

==Species== These three species belong to the genus ''Nicagus'': * ''Nicagus japonicus'' <small>Nagel, 1928</small> - Japan * ''Nicagus obscurus'' <small>(LeConte, 1847)</small> - United States (from New Hampshire to Iowa and Alabama) * ''Nicagus occultus'' <small>Paulsen & Smith, 2005</small> - United States (Texas, New Mexico)

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=itis> {{Cite web| title=''Nicagus'' Report | url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=929718 | website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System | accessdate=2019-09-23 }}</ref>

<ref name=gbif> {{Cite web| title=''Nicagus'' | url=https://www.gbif.org/species/4736280 | website=GBIF | accessdate=2019-09-23 }}</ref>

<ref name=buglink> {{Cite web| title=''Nicagus'' genus Information | url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/87717 | website=BugGuide.net | accessdate=2019-09-23 }}</ref> }}

==Further reading== {{refbegin}} * {{Cite web | accessdate = 2019-07-02 | title = Annotated checklist of the New World Lucanidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) | date = 2013 | last1 = Paulsen | first1 = M. J. | url = http://unsm-ento.unl.edu/Guide/Scarabaeoidea/Lucanidae/Lucanidae-Catalog/LucanidaeC.htm }} * {{Cite web | accessdate = 2019-07-02 | title = Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles | last1 = Ratcliffe | first1 = Brett | last2 = Jameson | first2 = Mary Liz | url = http://www.museum.unl.edu/research/entomology/Guide/Guide-introduction/Guideintro.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190330151517/http://www.museum.unl.edu/research/entomology/Guide/Guide-introduction/Guideintro.html | archive-date = 2019-03-30 | url-status = dead }} * {{Cite book | title = Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea | date = 2006 | editor-last1 = Lobl | editor-first1 = I. | editor-last2 = Smetana | editor-first2 = A. | publisher = Apollo Books | isbn = 978-90-04-30914-2 }} {{refend}}

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