Calyptogonia atra occidentalis (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. (as Calyptogonia ater)
Baehr, M. (2013). A revision of the carabid tribe Migadopini in Australia (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae: Magadopini). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature 56 (2): 279-304.
TMAG collections
Classification
Suborder: Adephaga
Superfamily: Caraboidea
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Migadopinae
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 14
Flightedness: (not yet documented)
Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
*Baehr, M. (2013). A revision of the carabid tribe Migadopini in Australia (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae: Magadopini). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature 56 (2): 279-304.
Sloane, T.G. (1920). The Carabidae of Tasmania. Proc. Linn. Soc. NSW 45: 113-178.
Ecology
Association with dead wood or old trees: not saproxylic
Ecological attributes: — Affiliated with open montane (>900 m altitude) environments (>900 m) (Forster & Grove, 2009).
Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Pitfall trapping.
