Trigonothops pacifica (Erichson, 1842) (a species of ground-beetle)

Typical length (mm): 9
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
*Erichson, W.F. (1842). Beitrag zur Insecten-Fauna von Vandiemensland, mit besonderer Beruecksichtung der geographischen Verbreitung der Insecten. Nicolai’schen Buchhandlung 8(1): 379 pages.
Sloane, T.G. (1920). The Carabidae of Tasmania. Proc. Linn. Soc. NSW 45: 113-178.

Assumed larval feeding: predator
Association with dead wood or old trees: at least facultatively saproxylic

Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Flight intercept trapping (trough below Malaise trap) — Hand collection (substrate not specified) — Knockdown spraying of bark of Eucalyptus sp. — Malaise trapping — Pitfall trapping — Rearing in insectary from Cupressus macrocarpa — Sticky trapping (substrate not specified) — Sticky trapping on Acacia dealbata — Sticky trapping on Eucalyptus camaldulensis — Sticky trapping on Eucalyptus globulus — Sticky trapping on Eucalyptus ovata — Vane trapping.

Source ecological literature:
Grove, S.J. (2009b). Beetles and fuelwood harvesting: a retrospective study from Tasmania’s southern forests. Tasforests 18: 77-99.
Grove, S.J. & Yaxley, B. (2005). Wildlife habitat strips and native forest ground-active beetle assemblages in plantation nodes in northeast Tasmania. Aust. J. Entom. 44 (4): 331-343.