Migadopiella octoguttata Baehr, 2009 (a species of ground-beetle)

Basis for Tasmanian occurrence

Baehr, M. (2009). A new genus and two new species of the subfamily Magadopinae from Tasmania (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Folia Heyrovskyana 17: 95-103. (as Migadopiella octoguttata)

TMAG collections

Classification

Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Adephaga

Superfamily: Caraboidea

Family: Carabidae

Subfamily: Migadopinae

Morphology

Typical length (mm): 4
Flightedness: (not yet documented)

Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
Baehr, M. (2009). A new genus and two new species of the subfamily Magadopinae from Tasmania (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Folia Heyrovskyana 17: 95-103.

Ecology

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

Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Knockdown fogging of canopy of Nothofagus gunnii.