Aplothorax
| Aplothorax | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| 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.[1] 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.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Aplothorax G.R.Waterhouse, 1842". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
- ^ 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.
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