Autocrates (beetle)
Genus of beetles
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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]
| Autocrates | |
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| Autocrates aeneus (male) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Superfamily: | Tenebrionoidea |
| Family: | Trictenotomidae |
| Genus: | Autocrates Thomson, 1860 |
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, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore.
- Autocrates soni Cho et Kim, 2024 - Vietnam[6]