Aesalus

Aesalus
Aesalus scarabaeoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Lucanidae
Subfamily: Aesalinae
Tribe: Aesalini
Genus: Aesalus
(Fabricius, 1801)

Aesalus is a genus of Palaearctic and Oriental realm stag beetles, typical of the subfamily Aesalinae and tribe Aesalini; it was erected by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1801.