Biology:Autocrates (beetle)

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Autocrates
Autocrates aeneus m.jpg
Autocrates aeneus (male)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea
Family: Trictenotomidae
Genus: Autocrates
Thomson, 1860

Autocrates is a genus of beetles in the Trictenotomidae family with species across the Indomalayan realm. They are sexually dimorphic with males having longer and more sinuate mandibles.[1]

Species

Six species have been described:[2][3]

  • Autocrates aeneus (Westwood 1846) - Himalayas from India to China
  • Autocrates ivanovi Drumont, 2016 - Vietnam[4]
  • Autocrates lini sp. nov., 2022 - China[5]
  • Autocrates maqueti Drumont, 2006 - China, Korea
  • Autocrates oberthueri Vuillet, 1910 - Tibet, China
  • Autocrates vitalisi Vuillet, 1912 - Vietnam, Cambodia, China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan, Xizang (Tibet), Yunnan), Laos, Thailand, West Malaysia, Myanmar

References

  1. Lin, Meiying; Drumont, Alain; Yang, Xingke (2007). "The genus Autocrates Thomson in China: occurrence and geographical distribution of species (Coleoptera: Trictenotomidae)". Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique - Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen 77: 147–156. https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/rbins-publications/bulletins-de-linstitut-royal-des-sciences-naturelles-de-belgique-entomologie/77-2007-1/entomo77-art147-156.pdf. 
  2. Zicha, Ondrej. "BioLib: Biological library". https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id413638/. 
  3. Descarpentries, André; Villiers, André (1973). "Notes sur le genre Autocrates [Col. Trictenotomidae"]. Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 78: 253–256. https://www.persee.fr/doc/bsef_0037-928x_1973_num_78_7_21339. 
  4. Drumont, Alain (2016). "Nouvelle contribution à l’étude du genre Autocrates Thomson, 1860 avec la description d’une nouvelle espèce du Vietnam: A. ivanovi n. sp. (Coleoptera: Trictenotomidae)". Revista gaditana de Entomología 7 (1): 25–36. https://dialnet.unirioja.es/descarga/articulo/5458275.pdf. 
  5. Hu, Fang-Shuo; Drumont, Alain; Telnov, Dmitry (2022). "A New Autocrates J. Thomson, 1860 (Coleoptera: Trictenotomidae) from Dayaoshan, S China: The Importance of Biodiversity Refugia". Annales Zoologici 72 (3): 371-388. 

Wikidata ☰ Q18583937 entry