Atrotus is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. It is placed in the licinine tribe Licinini and subtribe Lestignathina and occurs mainly in eastern and central Africa, with some species recorded from the Arabian Peninsula and the Indian subcontinent. There are about 18 described species in Atrotus.
The genus Zargochilus Alluaud, 1908 is treated in recent catalogues and nomenclatural databases as a junior synonym of Atrotus.
Species
These 18 species belong to the genus Atrotus:
- Atrotus aethiopicus <small>Basilewsky, 1951</small> (Ethiopia)
- Atrotus bedeli <small>(Alluaud, 1908)</small> (Tanzania)
- Atrotus bicolor <small>Britton, 1948</small> (Yemen)
- Atrotus chenzemae <small>Basilewsky, 1976</small> (Tanzania)
- Atrotus dallastai <small>Basilewsky, 1977</small> (Kenya)
- Atrotus elgonensis <small>Basilewsky, 1954</small> (Uganda and Kenya)
- Atrotus forcipatus <small>Péringuey, 1896</small> (South Africa)
- Atrotus indicus <small>B. Gueorguiev, 2013</small> (India)
- Atrotus kivuensis <small>(Burgeon, 1935)</small> (Africa)
- Atrotus kundelunguensis <small>Basilewsky, 1951</small> (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Atrotus lamottei <small>Basilewsky, 1968</small> (Ivory Coast)
- Atrotus leleupi <small>Basilewsky, 1951</small> (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Atrotus luror <small>Péringuey, 1926</small> (South Africa)
- Atrotus mandibularis <small>Basilewsky, 1956</small> (Rwanda and Burundi)
- Atrotus oldeanicus <small>Basilewsky, 1962</small> (Tanzania)
- Atrotus scotti <small>(Alluaud, 1937)</small> (Ethiopia)
- Atrotus sjostedti <small>(Alluaud, 1927)</small> (Kenya and Tanzania)
- Atrotus uluguruanus <small>Basilewsky, 1962</small> (Tanzania)
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