Promecoderus gibbosus (Gray, 1832) (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.

TMAG collections

Typical length (mm): 11
Flightedness: (not yet documented)

Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
Sloane, T.G. (1890). Studies in Australian entomology. No. III – on and closely allied genera (Carabidae). Proc. Linn. Soc. NSW 5: 189-242.
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 open montane (>900 m altitude) environments (>900 m) (Forster & Grove, 2009) — Native grassland can be suitable habitat (Michaels, 1999b).

Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Hand collection (substrate not specified) — Pitfall trapping.

Source ecological literature:
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.
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.