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 .