Allocota

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

• Allocota aurata (Bates, 1873)[1]
• Allocota bicolor Shi & Liang, 2013[1]
• Allocota cyanipennis Heller, 1923
• Allocota viridipennis Motschulsky, 1859

For the twirler moth genus, see Hypatima. For the ichneumon wasp genus invalidly named Allocota by Förster in 1869, see Allocota (wasp).

Allocota
Allocota viridipennis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Carabidae
Subfamily:	Lebiinae (disputed)
Tribe:	Lebiini
Subtribe:	Physoderina
Genus:	Allocota Motschulsky, 1859
● Allocota aurata ★ Allocota cyanipennis ▲ Allocota viridipennis ◆ Allocota bicolor
Synonyms
Taicona Bates, 1873[1]

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

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.
2. "Allocota Motschulsky, 1859". Carabidae of the World. 2011. Retrieved 11 Jul 2011.