''Autocrates aeneus'' is a species of

Trictenotomidae The Trictenotomidae are a small family of beetles in the superfamily Tenebrionoidea, containing fifteen species in two genera. Most species are found in the Oriental realm where they live in montane forest habitats. The family is considered, bas ...

found along the Himalayas from India, Nepal, Bhutan, and China. Males have larger mandibles which are sinuous. The species, originally described as ''Trictenotoma aenea'' by Westwood in 1846 is the

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for the family. A specimen was first exhibited in 1846 by a Captain Parry whose collections had been examined by Westwood and the authorship is sometimes incorrectly attributed to Parry.

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Trictenotomidae Beetles described in 1846 {{Tenebrionoidea-stub