Autocrates aeneus is a species of Trictenotomidae found along the Himalayas from India, Nepal, Bhutan, and China.

Males have larger mandibles which are sinuous.

[1] The species, originally described as Trictenotoma aenea by Westwood in 1846 is the type 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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