Aplothorax

Aplothorax
Scientific classification
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

Last updated August 25, 2025

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] It has not been seen since 1966-1967 and may now be extinct.^[3]

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.

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