Homethes guttifer Germar, 1848 (a species of ground-beetle)

Semmens, T.D., McQuillan, P.B. & Hayhurst, G. (1992). Catalogue of the Insects of Tasmania. Government of Tasmania: Department of Primary Industry, 104 pp. (as Homothes guttifer)

TMAG collections

Typical length (mm): 8
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.

Assumed larval feeding: predator
Association with dead wood or old trees: not saproxylic

Ecological attributes: — Affiliated with intermediate-aged (ex-clearfelled) forest (Michaels, 1999) — Affiliated with late-aged (ex-clearfelled) forest (Michaels, 1999) — Dry sclerophyll forest can be suitable habitat (Michaels, 1999b) — Native grassland can be suitable habitat (Michaels, 1999b).

Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Pitfall trapping — Sticky trapping on Eucalyptus ovata — Sticky trapping on Eucalyptus viminalis.

Source ecological literature:
Michaels, K.F. (1999a). Carabid beetles as biodiversity and ecological indicators. PhD thesis, Univ. of Tasmania, Hobart.
Michaels, K.F. (1999b). Carabid … communities in Tasmania: classification for nature conservation. In: Ponder, W. & Lunney, D. (Ed.), The Other 99%: …. Roy. Zool. Soc. NSW, pp. 374-379.
Taylor, R.J. et al. (2000). Occurrence of old-growth carabid beetles in retained unlogged strips in … southern Tasmania. In: Saunders, D. et al. . (Eds.), Nature Conservation 5…. Surrey Beatty, pp. 120-127.