Nigidius is a genus of stag beetles in the subfamily Lucaninae and typical of the tribe Nigidiini; the name was included in William Sharp Macleay's first major work of 1819.MacLeay WS (1819) Horae entomologicae: or essays on the annulose animals. S. Bagster. London Vol.1 Part 1: 1-160. Available here Species have been recorded from Africa, India, through to China, Taiwan, Japan and South-East Asia.
Species The Global Biodiversity Information FacilityGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility: Genus Nigidius Macleay, 1819 (retrieved 30 January 2026) lists:
Nigidius acutangulus Nigidius amplicollis Nigidius assumiana Nigidius auriculatus Nigidius baeri Nigidius bartolozzii Nigidius bega Nigidius bii Nigidius birmanicus Nigidius bonneuilli Nigidius bubalus Nigidius carreti Nigidius cartereti Nigidius cornutus Nigidius crassus Nigidius cribricollis Nigidius dawnae Nigidius decellei Nigidius delegorguei Nigidius dentifer Nigidius didymus Nigidius distinctus Nigidius elapraorum Nigidius elongatus Nigidius endroedi Nigidius forcipatus Nigidius formosanus Nigidius fruhstorferi Nigidius georgei Nigidius gnu Nigidius grandis Nigidius gravelyi Nigidius grosseri Nigidius haedillus Nigidius hageni Nigidius hatayamai Nigidius helenae Nigidius helleri Nigidius hemantai Nigidius himalayae Nigidius hysex Nigidius impressicollis Nigidius inaharai Nigidius inouei Nigidius intermedius Nigidius kinabaluensis Nigidius kolbei Nigidius krausei Nigidius laevicollis Nigidius laevigatus Nigidius lamottei Nigidius laoticus Nigidius laticornis Nigidius lemeei Nigidius lettowvorbecki Nigidius lewisi Nigidius lichtensteini Nigidius liui Nigidius lohi Nigidius mazoensis Nigidius medimniensis Nigidius miwai Nigidius mydoni Nigidius naingi Nigidius neglectus Nigidius negus Nigidius nitidus Nigidius obesus Nigidius oblongus Nigidius okudai Nigidius oxyotus Nigidius perforatus Nigidius phaedimothorax Nigidius punctiger Nigidius rhodesianus Nigidius rondoni Nigidius sakamakii Nigidius seguyi Nigidius semicariosus Nigidius simoni Nigidius sinicus Nigidius splendens Nigidius sticheri Nigidius stuhlmanni Nigidius sukkiti Nigidius svenjae Nigidius walterianus Nigidius wushuae
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