Autocrates aeneus

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: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Superfamilia: Tenebrionoidea

Familia: Trictenotomidae
Genus: Autocrates
Species: Autocrates aeneus
Name

Autocrates aeneus (Westwood, 1846)

References

Telnov, D.; Lee, J.E. 2008: Autocrates maqueti Drumont, 2006 - new to the fauna of the Korean Peninsula (Coleoptera: Trictenotomidae). Latvijas entomologs, 46: 72–75. PDF

Autocrates aeneus is a species of Trictenotomidae found along the Himalayas from India, Nepal, Bhutan, and China. Males have larger mandibles which are sinuous.[1]

The species, originally described as Trictenotoma aenea by Westwood in 1846 is the type for the family. A specimen was first exhibited in 1846 by a Captain Parry whose collections had been examined by Westwood and the authorship is sometimes incorrectly attributed to Parry.[2]
References

Descarpentries, André; Villiers, André (1973). "Notes sur le genre Autocrates [Col. Trictenotomidae]". Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France. 78: 253–256.
Westwood, J. O. (1846). "[Entomological Society meeting June 2nd - The Rev. F.W. Hope, President, in the Chair]". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 18: 353.