Aplothorax Explained
Aplothorax burchelli is a species of beetle in the family Carabidae, the only species in the genus Aplothorax.[1] It is endemic to the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic. The genus has been found to be nested within Calosoma by phylogenomic analysis.[2]
Notes and References
- Web site: Aplothorax G.R.Waterhouse, 1842 . Catalogue of Life . 2023-04-08 .
- Sota. Teiji. Hori. Michio. Scholtz. Clarke. Karagyan. Gayane. Liang. Hong-Bin. Ikeda. Hiroshi. Takami. Yasuoki. 2020-08-26. The origin of the giant ground beetle Aplothorax burchelli on St Helena Island. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. en. 131. 1. 50–60. 10.1093/biolinnean/blaa093. 0024-4066. free. 2263/78876. free.