Allocota

{{Short description|Genus of beetles}}

{{hatnote|Allocota is also an obsolete name for the Hypatima moth genus, and an Ichneumonidae wasp genus}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Allocota viridipennis - ZooKeys-284-001-g003-14.jpeg

| image_caption = Allocota viridipennis

| display_parents = 3

| taxon = Allocota

| authority = Motschulsky, 1859

| synonyms = Taicona Bates, 1873

| synonyms_ref = {{cite journal|last1=Shi|first1=Hongliang|last2=Zhou|first2=Hongzhang|last3=Liang|first3=Hongbin|title=Taxonomic synopsis of the subtribe Physoderina (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiini), with species revisions of eight genera|journal=ZooKeys|date=2013|issue=284|pages=60–62|doi=10.3897/zookeys.284.3983|pmid=23794843|pmc=3677377|doi-access=free}}

| range_map = Distribution map of Allocota - ZooKeys-284-001-g050.jpeg

| range_map_caption = ● Allocota aurata
★ Allocota cyanipennis
▲ Allocota viridipennis
◆ Allocota bicolor

}}

Allocota is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:{{Cite web| title=Allocota Motschulsky, 1860 | url=https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/8KV3F | website=Catalogue of Life | access-date=2023-04-08 }}

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

The following species have become synonyms:

• 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)