Adelotopus macilentus
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
Baehr, M. (1997). Revision of the Pseudomorphinae of the Australian Region 2. The genera Adclotopus Hope, Cainogenion Notman, Paussotropus Waterhouse, Pseudomorpha Kirby, and Cryptocephalomorpha Ritsema. Taxonomy, phylogeny, zoogeography (Insecta, Coleoptera, Carabidae). Spixiana Supplement 23: 1-510.
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Superfamily: Caraboidea
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Pseudomorphinae
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 5
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
*Baehr, M. (1997). Revision of the Pseudomorphinae of the Australian Region 2. The genera Adclotopus Hope, Cainogenion Notman, Paussotropus Waterhouse, Pseudomorpha Kirby, and Cryptocephalomorpha Ritsema. Taxonomy, phylogeny, zoogeography (Insecta, Coleoptera, Carabidae). Spixiana Supplement 23: 1-510.
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: predator
Association with dead wood or old trees: obligately saproxylic
Association with dead wood or old trees: obligately saproxylic
Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Pipe trapping.
