Acrotona Thomson, 1859

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Acrotona Thomson, 1859 .

Acrotona Thomson, 1859: 38 (type species: Aleochara aterrima Gravenhorst, 1802 , by monotypy ( ICZN 1961)).

Eustrigota Casey, 1911a: 165 (as subgenus of Strigota Casey, 1910a ; type species: Strigota seclusa Casey, 1911a , by monotypy), syn. nov.

Eustrigota: Fenyes, 1920: 252 (as synonym of Strigota ).

Atheta (Acrotona) : Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 671 (as valid subgenus).

Eustrigota: Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1926: 590 (as synonym of Strigota ).

Atheta (Acrotona) : Benick & Lohse, 1974: 183 (as valid subgenus).

Eustrigota: Moore & Legner, 1975: 486 (as synonym of Strigota ).

Eustrigota: Seevers, 1978: 257 (as synonym of Strigota ).

Acrotona: Lohse et al., 1990: 198 (as valid genus in subtribe Athetina ).

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Diagnosis. See Benick & Lohse (1974; as subgenus of Atheta ) or Lohse et al. (1990).

Discussion. The type species of Eustrigota , Strigota seclusa , is conspecific with Acrotona sonomana (see below). Therefore, Eustrigota is placed in synonymy with Acrotona .