Chiasognathus Stephens,1832: 213
Tetropthalma Lesson, 1833: 5 (synonym)
Bomansodus Chalumeau & Brochier, 1995: 20 (synonym)
Carmenia Molino-Olmedo, 2001: 85 (synonym)
Ramirezia Molino-Olmedo, 2001: 85 (synonym)
Carmeniella Molino-Olmedo, 2003: 29 (synonym)
Ramireziella Molino-Olmedo, 2003: 29 (synonym)

Distribution: Southern South America: Chile and adjacent parts of Argentina.

Composition: 7 species.

Revision or Synopsis:

Chalumeau, F., and B. Brochier. 2007. Chiasognathinae [=Chiasognathini] of the Andes. Taita Publishers. Hradec Králové, Czech Republic. 324 pp.

Moxey, C.F., 1962. A redescription of the Tribe Chiasognathini, with the descriptions of a new species and a new subspecies of the genus Sphaenognathus Buquet (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Entomological News 73:197-203.

Paulsen, M.J. 2010. The stag beetles of southern South America (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Bulletin of University of Nebraska State Museum 24: 1-148. Available here.

Paulsen, MJ, and A.B.T. Smith. 2010. Revision of the genus Chiasognathus Stephens of southern South America with the description of a new species (Coleoptera, Lucanidae, Lucaninae, Chiasognathini). ZooKeys 43:33-63. Download

Species profiles: (click on species name)

C. beneshi LaCroix C. grantii Stephens C. impubis Parry C. jousselinii Reiche C. latreillei Solier C. mniszechii Thomson C. sombrus Paulsen & Smith