Pterocyrtus grayi Eberhard & Giachino, 2011
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
Eberhard, S. & Giachino, P.M. (2011). Tasmanian Trechinae and Psydrinae (Coleoptera, Carabidae): a taxonomic and biogeographic synthesis, with description of new species and evaluation of the impact of Quaternary climate changes on evolution of the subterranean fauna. Subterranean Biology 9: 1-72, 2011.
Classification
Suborder: Adephaga
Superfamily: Caraboidea
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Trechinae
Tribe: Zolini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 6.5
Flightedness: (not yet documented)
Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
*Eberhard, S. & Giachino, P.M. (2011). Tasmanian Trechinae and Psydrinae (Coleoptera, Carabidae): a taxonomic and biogeographic synthesis, with description of new species and evaluation of the impact of Quaternary climate changes on evolution of the subterranean fauna. Subterranean Biology 9: 1-72, 2011.
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: predator
Association with dead wood or old trees: not saproxylic
Ecological attributes: — Cave-dweller (Eberhard & Giachino, 2011).
Source ecological literature:
Eberhard, S. & Giachino, P.M. (2011). Tasmanian Trechinae and Psydrinae (Coleoptera, Carabidae): a taxonomic and biogeographic synthesis, with description of new species and evaluation of the impact of Quaternary climate changes on evolution of the subterranean fauna. Subterranean Biology 9: 1-72, 2011.
