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Agonocheila biguttata Chaudoir, 1869 (a species of ground-beetle)

Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
Semmens, T.D., McQuillan, P.B. & Hayhurst, G. (1992). Catalogue of the Insects of Tasmania. Government of Tasmania: Department of Primary Industry, 104 pp.

TMAG collections

Classification
Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Adephaga

Superfamily: Caraboidea

Family: Carabidae

Subfamily: Harpalinae

Tribe: Lebiini

Morphology
Typical length (mm): 5
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
Sloane, T.G. (1920). The Carabidae of Tasmania. Proc. Linn. Soc. NSW 45: 113-178.

Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: predator
Association with dead wood or old trees: obligately saproxylic

Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Baited trapping (funnel trap) — Vane trapping.

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