Apotomus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Adephaga

Familia: Carabidae
Subfamilia: Apotominae
Tribus: Apotomini
Genus: Apotomus
Species (22):
A. alluaudi – A. angusticollis – A. annulaticornis – A. atripennis – A. australis – A. chaudoirii – A. clypeonitens – A. fairmairei – A. flavescens – A. hirsutulus – A. latigena – A. minor – A. neghellianus – A. qiongshanensis – A. reichardti – A. rufithorax – A. rufus – A. sahelianus – A. sumbawanus – A. syriacus – A. testaceus – A. velox
Name

Apotomus Illiger, 1807

References

Baehr, M. 1990: Revision of the Australian species of the genus Apotomus Illiger (Insecta, Coleoptera, Carabidae, Apotominae). Invertebrate taxonomy, 3(5): 619–627. DOI: 10.1071/IT9890619
Erwin, T.L. 1980: Systematic and zoogeographic notes on Apotomini, an Old World faunal element new to the Western Hemisphere list, with a description of a new species from Brazil (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Coleopterists bulletin, 34(1): 99–104. JSTOR
Tian, M.-Y. 2000: Note on the genus Apotomus Illiger with description of a new species from China (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Acta zootaxonomica sinica, 25(1): 73–75.
Wrase, D.W. 1992: Revision der paläarktischen Arten der Gattung Apotomus Ill. (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Apotomini). Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift, 39(1-3): 69–95. DOI: 10.1002/mmnd.19920390110 [abstract only seen]

Links

Apotomus in the Carabidae of the World database.
ION
Nomenclator Zoologicus

Apotominae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Carabidae. It contains the single genus Apotomus with the following species:[1]

Apotomus alluaudi Jeannel, 1946
Apotomus angusticollis J. Muller, 1943
Apotomus annulaticornis Peringuey, 1896
Apotomus atripennis Motschulsky, 1858
Apotomus australis Castelnau, 1867
Apotomus chaudoirii Wollaston, 1860
Apotomus clypeonitens J. Muller, 1943
Apotomus fairmairei Jeannel, 1946
Apotomus flavescens Apetz, 1854
Apotomus hirsutulus Bates, 1892
Apotomus latigena Reitter, 1892
Apotomus minor Baehr, 1990
Apotomus neghellianus G. Muller, 1942
Apotomus qiongshanensis Tian, 2000
Apotomus reichardti Erwin, 1980
Apotomus rufithorax Pecchioli, 1837
Apotomus rufus P. Rossi, 1790
Apotomus sahelianus Mateu, 1966
Apotomus sumbawanus Dupius, 1911
Apotomus syriacus Jedlicka, 1961
Apotomus testaceus Dejean, 1825
Apotomus velox Motschulsky, 1858

References

"Apotominae LeConte, 1853". Carabidae of the World. 2011. Retrieved 24 Jun 2011.