• Physodera Eschscholtz, J.F. 1829. Zoologischer Atlas, enthaltend Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer Thierarten, während des Flottcapitains von Kotzebue zweiter Reise um die Welt, auf der Russisch-Kaiserlichen Kreigsschlupp Predpriaetië in den Jahren 1823–1826. Berlin : Reimer Zweites Heft 13 pp. pls 6-10. [8].

  Type species:

   Physodera dejeani Eschscholtz, 1829 by monotypy.

  Secondary source:

   Darlington, P.J. Jr 1971. The carabid beetles of New Guinea. Part IV. General considerations; analysis and history of fauna; taxonomic supplement. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 142: 129-337 [326].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Distribution References

History of changes

• Physodera bacchusi Darlington, P.J. Jr 1971. The carabid beetles of New Guinea. Part IV. General considerations; analysis and history of fauna; taxonomic supplement. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 142: 129-337 [326].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Finisterre Range, New Guinea.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Kuranda and extralimital in New Guinea.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: closed forest, predator, volant.

History of changes