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Genus and species of beetles

Aplothorax
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Aplothorax
Waterhouse, 1841
Species: A. burchelli
Binomial name
Aplothorax burchelli
Waterhouse, 1841

Aplothorax burchelli is a species of beetle in the family Carabidae, the only species in the genus Aplothorax. 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.

References

  1. "Aplothorax G.R.Waterhouse, 1842". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
  2. 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. 131 (1): 50–60. doi:10.1093/biolinnean/blaa093. hdl:2263/78876. ISSN 0024-4066.
Taxon identifiers
Aplothorax burchellii


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