Aplothorax

Aplothorax
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
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. It has not been seen since 1966-1967 and may now be extinct.

References

↑ "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.
↑ Sota, T., Hori, M., Scholtz, C., Karagyan, G., Liang, H. B., Ikeda, H., & Takami, Y. (2020). The origin of the giant ground beetle Aplothorax burchelli on St Helena Island. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 131(1), 50-60.

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[catlife-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.

[3] Sota, T., Hori, M., Scholtz, C., Karagyan, G., Liang, H. B., Ikeda, H., & Takami, Y. (2020). The origin of the giant ground beetle Aplothorax burchelli on St Helena Island. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 131(1), 50-60.