Autocrates (beetle) explained

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 - Himalayas from India to China
• Autocrates ivanovi - Vietnam^[4]
• Autocrates lini - China^[5]
• Autocrates maqueti - China, Korea
• Autocrates oberthueri - Tibet, China
• Autocrates vitalisi - Vietnam, Cambodia, China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan, Xizang (Tibet), Yunnan), Laos, Thailand, West Malaysia, Myanmar

Notes and References

1. The genus Autocrates Thomson in China: occurrence and geographical distribution of species (Coleoptera: Trictenotomidae). Meiying. Lin. Alain. Drumont . Xingke . Yang . 2007. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique - Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen. 77. 147–156.
2. Web site: BioLib: Biological library. Ondrej . Zicha. www.biolib.cz.
3. Notes sur le genre Autocrates [Col. Trictenotomidae] ]. Descarpentries, André . Villiers, André . Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France . 1973 . 78. 253–256.
4. Revista gaditana de Entomología. 7. 1. 2016. 25–36. 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). Drumont, Alain.
5. Annales Zoologici. 72. 3. 2022. 371-388. A New Autocrates J. Thomson, 1860 (Coleoptera: Trictenotomidae) from Dayaoshan, S China: The Importance of Biodiversity Refugia. Hu, Fang-Shuo . Drumont, Alain . Telnov, Dmitry.