Autocrates (beetle)

Autocrates
Autocrates aeneus (male)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea
Family: Trictenotomidae
Genus: Autocrates
Thomson, 1860

Autocrates is a genus of beetles in the Trictenotomidae family with species across the Indomalayan realm. They are sexually dimorphic with males having longer and more sinuate mandibles.[1]

  1. ^ Lin, Meiying; Drumont, Alain; Yang, Xingke (2007). "The genus Autocrates Thomson in China: occurrence and geographical distribution of species (Coleoptera: Trictenotomidae)" (PDF). Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique - Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen. 77: 147–156.