The structure of the elytral surface in lamprimines is extremely distinctive and perhaps unique within Lucanidae. The surface lacks dense vestiture, having instead sparse simple, undivided linear setae or scales, each with a large pore close to its base.
5 Genera with 11 known species : Streptocerus (1 species in South America), Homolamprima (1 species), Lamprima (5 species), and Phalacrognathus (1 species in Australia and New Guinea)