Atrotus

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: Harpalinae
Supertribus: Chlaeniitae
Tribus: Licinini
Subtribus: Lestignathina
Genus: Atrotus

Species: A. aethiopicus – A. bedeli – A. bicolor – A. chenzemae – A. dallastai – A. elgonensis – A. forcipatus – A. indicus – A. kivuensis – A. kundelunguensis – A. lamottei – A. leleupi – A. luror – A. mandibularis – A. oldeanicus – A. scotti – A. sjostedti – A. uluguruanus
Name

Atrotus Péringuey, 1896: 582

Type species: Atrotus forcipatus Péringuey, 1896 (monotypy)
Synonyms

Zargochilus Alluaud, 1908

References
Primary references

Péringuey, L.A. 1892–1896. Descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa. Cicindelidae, Carabidae. Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society 7: 1–623. BHL Reference page.

Links

Atrotus – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
Atrotus – Taxon details on Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Atrotus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:[1]

Atrotus aethiopicus Basilewsky, 1951
Atrotus bedeli (Alluaud, 1908)
Atrotus bicolor Britton, 1948
Atrotus chenzemae Basilewsky, 1976
Atrotus dallastai Basilewsky, 1977
Atrotus elgonensis Basilewsky, 1954
Atrotus forcipatus Peringuey, 1896
Atrotus kivuensis (Burgeon, 1935)
Atrotus kundelunguensis Basilewsky, 1953
Atrotus lamottei Basilewsky, 1968
Atrotus leleupi Basilewsky, 1951
Atrotus luror Peringuey, 1926
Atrotus mandibularis Basilewsky, 1956
Atrotus oldeanicus Basilewsky, 1962
Atrotus scotti (Alluaud, 1937)
Atrotus sjoestedti (Alluaud, 1926)
Atrotus uluguruanus Basilewsky, 1962

References

"Atrotus Peringuey, 1896: 582". Carabidae of the World. 2011. Retrieved 13 Jul 2011.