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Allocota

Allocota is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:Allocota aurata (Bates, 1873) Allocota bicolor Shi & Liang, 2013 Allocota cyanipennis Heller, 1923 Allocota viridipennis Motschulsky, 1859

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Allocota
Allocota viridipennis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Lebiinae
Tribe: Lebiini
Subtribe: Physoderina
Genus: Allocota
Motschulsky, 1859
Allocota aurata
Allocota cyanipennis
Allocota viridipennis
Allocota bicolor
Synonyms1

Taicona Bates, 1873

Allocota is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:2

The following species have become synonyms:1

  • Allocota andrewesi (Jedlicka, 1934): Synonym of Physodera andrewesi (Jedlicka, 1934)
  • Allocota arrowi (Jedlicka, 1935): Synonym of Diamella arrowi (Jedlicka, 1935)
  • Allocota caerulea Andrewes, 1933: Synonym of Allocota viridipennis Motschulsky, 1859
  • Allocota perlaeta Kirschenhofer, 1994: Synonym of Metallanchista perlaeta (Kirschenhofer, 1994)
  • Allocota perroti (Jedlicka, 1963): Synonym of Allocota aurata (Bates, 1873)
  • Allocota philippinensis (Jedlicka, 1935): Synonym of Paraphaea philippinensis (Jedlicka, 1935)
References

References

  1. Shi, Hongliang; Zhou, Hongzhang; Liang, Hongbin (2013). "Taxonomic synopsis of the subtribe Physoderina (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiini), with species revisions of eight genera". ZooKeys (284): 60–62. doi:10.3897/zookeys.284.3983. PMC 3677377. PMID 23794843.
  2. "Allocota Motschulsky, 1860". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-08.