Stichonotus decoloratus Baehr, 2013 (a species of ground-beetle)
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
Baehr, M. (2013) A revision of the carabid tribe Migadopini in Australia (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae: Migadopini). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature 56(2): 279-304.
Classification
Suborder: Adephaga
Superfamily: Caraboidea
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Migadopinae
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 6.5
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Source literature on taxonomy and morphology (*primary taxonomic source, where known):
*Baehr, M. (2013) A revision of the carabid tribe Migadopini in Australia (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae: Migadopini). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature 56(2): 279-304.
Ecology
Association with dead wood or old trees: not saproxylic
Ecological attributes: — Active primarily in spring-summer (Michaels & McQuillan, 1995) — Primarily associated with mature (unlogged) forest (Michaels & McQuillan, 1995).
Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Pitfall trapping.
Source ecological literature:
Michaels, K.F. & McQuillan, P.B. (1995). Impact of commercial forest management on geophilous Carabid beetles (Coleoptera; Carabidae) in tall, wet Eucalyptus obliqua forest in southern Tasmania. Aust. J. Ecol. 20: 316-323.
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.
