• Promecoderus Dejean, P.F.M.A. 1829. Species général des Coléoptères de la Collection de M. le Compte Dejean. Paris : Méquignon-Marvis Vol. IV vii 520 pp. [Nov. 1829] [25].

  Type species:

   Promecoderus brunnicornis Dejean, 1829 by monotypy.
• Cnemacanthus Gray, G. 1832. Notices of new genera and species. in Griffith, E. & Pidgeon, E. The Animal Kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization by the Baron Cuvier. London : Whittaker, Treacher & Co. Vol. 1 (Insecta) 14-570 pp. + 53 pls. [276].

  Type species:

   Cnemacanthus gibbosus Gray, 1832 by monotypy.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Lacordaire, J.T. 1854. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Genera des Coléoptères Tom. 1 Contenant les familles des Cicindélètes, Carabiques, Dytiscides, Gyrinides et Palpicornes. Paris : Libraire Encyclopédique de Roret xx 486 pp. [244]
• Sloane, T.G. 1890. Studies in Australian Entomology. No. III On Promecoderus and closely allied genera (Carabidae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 5: 189-242 [190]
• Britton, E.B. 1949. The Carabidae (Coleoptera) of New Zealand. Part III. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 77: 533-581 [537]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL) ; ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

History of changes

• Promecoderus albaniensis Laporte, F.L. [de Castelnau] 1867. Notes on Australian Coleoptera. Melbourne : Royal Society of Victoria 139 pp. [separates available prior to republication in Trans. R. Soc. Vict. 8: 30–38 (1867), 95–225 (1868)] [82].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MCG 6 specimens, King George Sound, WA.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA

SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: flightless, open forest, predator, terrestrial.

History of changes

• Promecoderus anguliceps Sloane, T.G. 1898. On Carabidae from West Australia, sent by Mr. A.M. Lea (with descriptions of new genera and species, synoptic tables etc.). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 23: 444-520 [454].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ANIC (Sloane coll.) 1 specimen, Beverley and Swan River, WA; SAMA 2 specimens, Beverley and Swan River, WA.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: flightless, predator, terrestrial.

History of changes

• Promecoderus bassii Laporte, F.L. [de Castelnau] 1867. Notes on Australian Coleoptera. Melbourne : Royal Society of Victoria 139 pp. [separates available prior to republication in Trans. R. Soc. Vict. 8: 30–38 (1867), 95–225 (1868)] [80].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MCG 4 specimens, King Is., TAS.

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: flightless, predator, terrestrial.

History of changes

• Promecoderus blackburni Sloane, T.G. 1890. Studies in Australian Entomology. No. III On Promecoderus and closely allied genera (Carabidae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 5: 189-242 [223].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ANIC (Sloane coll.) ♂ ♀, Port Lincoln, SA.

Distribution

States

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Corney Point, Duck Nest Point, Lock, Port Lincoln and type locality.

IBRA

SA: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: flightless, predator, terrestrial.

History of changes

• Promecoderus brunnicornis Dejean, P.F.M.A. 1829. Species général des Coléoptères de la Collection de M. le Compte Dejean. Paris : Méquignon-Marvis Vol. IV vii 520 pp. [Nov. 1829] [28].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP ♂, Australia (as Nouvelle-Hollande).
• Promecoderus degener Guérin-Méneville, F.É. 1841. Descriptions de quelques Coléoptères nouveaux, provenant de la Tasmanie, des îles Vavao et Ternate, de Triton Bay, à la Nouvelle-Guinée, et du port Famine, dans le détroit de Magellan. Revue de Zoologie, Paris 4: 186-193 [189].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHP ♂ 2♀, Hobart, TAS.
• Promecoderus morosus Putzeys, J. 1868. Les Broscides. Entomologische Zeitschrift 29: 305-379 [333].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) RIB, unknown locality.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Sloane, T.G. 1920. The Carabidae of Tasmania. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 45: 113-178 [125]
• Csiki, E. 1928. Carabidae II: Mormolycinae, Harpalinae I. pp. 1-226 in Schenkling, S. (ed.). Coleopterorum Catalogus auspiciis et auxilio W. Junk. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 2 Pars 97. [Date published 12/Dec/1928] [47]

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

E and central TAS.

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: flightless, predator, tall forest, terrestrial.

History of changes

• Promecoderus castelnaui Sloane, T.G. 1892. Studies in Australian Entomology. No. V Notes on the subfamily Broscini (Carabidae), with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 7: 45-64 [46].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ANIC (Sloane coll.) ♂ ♀, Narrabri, NSW.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Warialda district and type locality.

IBRA

NSW: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: flightless, predator, terrestrial.

History of changes

• Promecoderus clivinoides Guérin-Méneville, F.É. 1841. Descriptions de quelques Coléoptères nouveaux, provenant de la Tasmanie, des îles Vavao et Ternate, de Triton Bay, à la Nouvelle-Guinée, et du port Famine, dans le détroit de Magellan. Revue de Zoologie, Paris 4: 186-193 [189].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHP 5 specimens, Swan River, WA.
• Promecoderus minutus Laporte, F.L. [de Castelnau] 1867. Notes on Australian Coleoptera. Melbourne : Royal Society of Victoria 139 pp. [separates available prior to republication in Trans. R. Soc. Vict. 8: 30–38 (1867), 95–225 (1868)] [81].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MCG, Swan River, WA.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Putzeys, J. 1868. Les Broscides. Entomologische Zeitschrift 29: 305-379 [341]
• Csiki, E. 1928. Carabidae II: Mormolycinae, Harpalinae I. pp. 1-226 in Schenkling, S. (ed.). Coleopterorum Catalogus auspiciis et auxilio W. Junk. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 2 Pars 97. [Date published 12/Dec/1928] [24]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Blackwood River, Geraldton and type locality.

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: flightless, open forest, open scrub, predator, terrestrial.

History of changes

• Promecoderus comes Sloane, T.G. 1890. Studies in Australian Entomology. No. III On Promecoderus and closely allied genera (Carabidae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 5: 189-242 [214].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ANIC (Sloane coll.) 1 specimen and hindbody, Wallangarra, NSW.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Fletcher and type locality.

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: flightless, predator, terrestrial.

History of changes

• Promecoderus concolor Germar, E.F. 1848. Beiträge zur Insektenfauna von Adelaide. Linnaea Entomologica 3: 153-247 [168].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMB, Adelaide, SA.
• Promecoderus suturalis Laporte, F.L. [de Castelnau] 1867. Notes on Australian Coleoptera. Melbourne : Royal Society of Victoria 139 pp. [separates available prior to republication in Trans. R. Soc. Vict. 8: 30–38 (1867), 95–225 (1868)] [84].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MCG 6 specimens, Adelaide, SA.
• Promecoderus howittii Laporte, F.L. [de Castelnau] 1867. Notes on Australian Coleoptera. Melbourne : Royal Society of Victoria 139 pp. [separates available prior to republication in Trans. R. Soc. Vict. 8: 30–38 (1867), 95–225 (1868)] [85].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MCG 6 specimens, Melbourne, VIC.
• Promecoderus lucidus Putzeys, J. 1868. Les Broscides. Entomologische Zeitschrift 29: 305-379 [339].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) RIB, Australia.
• Promecoderus anthracinus Macleay, W.J. 1873. Miscellanea entomologica. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 2: 319-370 [334].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ANIC(MMUS) 2 specimens, lower Murrumbidgee River, NSW.
• Promecoderus concolor namoyensis Sloane, T.G. 1892. Studies in Australian Entomology. No. V Notes on the subfamily Broscini (Carabidae), with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 7: 45-64 [48].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ANIC (Sloane coll.) 1 specimen located, Narrabri and Gunnedah, NSW.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Sloane, T.G. 1892. Studies in Australian Entomology. No. V Notes on the subfamily Broscini (Carabidae), with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 7: 45-64 [47]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

NSW, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tanami (TAN), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: flightless, low open woodland, open scrub, predator, terrestrial.

General References

Moore, B.P. 1964. Australian larval Carabidae of the subfamilies Broscinae, Psydrinae and Pseudomorphinae (Coleoptera). Pacific Insects 6: 242-246 [242]

History of changes

• Promecoderus cordicollis Sloane, T.G. 1908. [New species description]. p. 147 in Lea, A.M (ed.). The Coleoptera of King Island, Bass Strait. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria n.s. 20(2): 143-207 [Date published March 31, 1908] [147].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) SAMA 2 specimens, King Island, TAS.

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: flightless, predator, terrestrial.

History of changes

• Promecoderus curvipes Sloane, T.G. 1920. The Carabidae of Tasmania. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 45: 113-178 [126].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) SAMA 8 specimens, TAS; ANIC (Sloane coll.) 3 specimens, TAS; ANIC(MMUS) 1 specimen, TAS; AM K43111 1 specimen, TAS.

Distribution

States

Tasmania

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: flightless, open forest, predator, terrestrial.

History of changes

• Promecoderus dorsalis Macleay, W.J. 1873. Miscellanea entomologica. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 2: 319-370 [333].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ANIC(MMUS) 2 specimens, Murrumbidgee River, NSW.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Delatite River, Kosciusko, Tolmie and type locality.

IBRA

NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: flightless, predator, terrestrial.

History of changes

• Promecoderus dischirioides Guérin-Méneville, F.É. 1841. Descriptions de quelques Coléoptères nouveaux, provenant de la Tasmanie, des îles Vavao et Ternate, de Triton Bay, à la Nouvelle-Guinée, et du port Famine, dans le détroit de Magellan. Revue de Zoologie, Paris 4: 186-193 [189].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP, Swan River, WA.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Eradu and type locality.

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: flightless, predator, terrestrial.

History of changes

• Promecoderus elegans Laporte, F.L. [de Castelnau] 1867. Notes on Australian Coleoptera. Melbourne : Royal Society of Victoria 139 pp. [separates available prior to republication in Trans. R. Soc. Vict. 8: 30–38 (1867), 95–225 (1868)] [83].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MCG 5 specimens, Melbourne, VIC.

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Echo Flat, Leongatha, Marysville, Mt Donna Buang, Mt Slide and type locality.

IBRA

Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: flightless, predator, tall forest, terrestrial.

History of changes

• Cnemacanthus gibbosus Gray, G. 1832. Notices of new genera and species. in Griffith, E. & Pidgeon, E. The Animal Kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization by the Baron Cuvier. London : Whittaker, Treacher & Co. Vol. 1 (Insecta) 14-570 pp. + 53 pls. [276 pl. 15 fig. 1] [subsequently misspelled as gibbus by Castelnau, F.L. Laporte de 1867. Notes on Australian Coleoptera. Melbourne : Royal Society of Victoria 139 pp. [separates available prior to publication in Trans. R. Soc. Vict. 8: 30–38 (1867), 95–225 (1868)] [86].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) OUM ♂ and series, TAS.

  Secondary source:

   Laporte, F.L. [de Castelnau] 1867. Notes on Australian Coleoptera. Melbourne : Royal Society of Victoria 139 pp. [separates available prior to republication in Trans. R. Soc. Vict. 8: 30–38 (1867), 95–225 (1868)].

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: flightless, predator, terrestrial, woodland.

General References

Lacordaire, J.T. 1854. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Genera des Coléoptères Tom. 1 Contenant les familles des Cicindélètes, Carabiques, Dytiscides, Gyrinides et Palpicornes. Paris : Libraire Encyclopédique de Roret xx 486 pp. [244] (taxonomy)

History of changes

• Promecoderus hunteriensis Macleay, W.J. 1873. Miscellanea entomologica. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 2: 319-370 [332].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ANIC(MMUS) 1 specimen located, Hunter River district, NSW.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: flightless, predator, terrestrial.

History of changes

• Promecoderus inornatus Macleay, W.J. 1873. Miscellanea entomologica. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 2: 319-370 [333].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ANIC(MMUS) 2 specimens, Monaro, NSW.
• Promecoderus puncticollis Macleay, W.J. 1873. Miscellanea entomologica. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 2: 319-370 [333].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ANIC(MMUS) 1 specimen located, Monaro, NSW.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Sloane, T.G. 1890. Studies in Australian Entomology. No. III On Promecoderus and closely allied genera (Carabidae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 5: 189-242 [196]

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Kosciusko and type locality.

IBRA

NSW: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: alpine, flightless, low open woodland, predator, terrestrial.

History of changes

• Promecoderus insignis Sloane, T.G. 1890. Studies in Australian Entomology. No. III On Promecoderus and closely allied genera (Carabidae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 5: 189-242 [222].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ANIC (Sloane coll.) only ♀ found, Forest Reefs, NSW.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Murrambateman and type locality.

IBRA

NSW: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: flightless, low open woodland, predator, terrestrial.

History of changes

• Promecoderus intermedius Sloane, T.G. 1898. On Carabidae from West Australia, sent by Mr. A.M. Lea (with descriptions of new genera and species, synoptic tables etc.). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 23: 444-520 [451].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA, Mt Barker, WA.
  Paratype(s) ANIC (Sloane coll.) ♂.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: flightless, open forest, predator, terrestrial.

History of changes

• Promecoderus interruptus Macleay, W.J. 1873. Miscellanea entomologica. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 2: 319-370 [331].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ANIC(MMUS) only ♀ found, Clarence River, NSW.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Baan Baa and type locality.

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: flightless, predator, terrestrial.

History of changes

• Promecoderus leai Sloane, T.G. 1898. On Carabidae from West Australia, sent by Mr. A.M. Lea (with descriptions of new genera and species, synoptic tables etc.). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 23: 444-520 [453].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA 4161, Newcastle, WA.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: flightless, predator, terrestrial.

History of changes

• Promecoderus lottini Brullé, G.A. 1834. Coléoptères. I. Histoire naturelle des insects, traitant de leur organisation et de leurs moeurs en général, par M.V. Audouin, et comprenant leur classification et la description des espèces, par M.A. Brullé. Le tout accompagné de planches gravées sur acier, d’après des peintures exécutées pour cette édition sur la collection du Muséum de Paris. Paris : Pillot Tome V viii + 479 pp., 16 pls. [450 pl. 18 fig. 4].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHP, New Zealand (in error, probably WA).

  Secondary source:

   Csiki, E. 1928. Carabidae II: Mormolycinae, Harpalinae I. pp. 1-226 in Schenkling, S. (ed.). Coleopterorum Catalogus auspiciis et auxilio W. Junk. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 2 Pars 97. [Date published 12/Dec/1928] [25].

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

No known locality; also New Zealand, see Larochelle, A. & Larivière, M.-C. 2001. Carabidae (Insecta: Coleoptera): Catalogue. Fauna of New Zealand 43: 285 pp. [181].

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: flightless, predator, terrestrial.

History of changes

• Promecoderus lucidicollis Laporte, F.L. [de Castelnau] 1867. Notes on Australian Coleoptera. Melbourne : Royal Society of Victoria 139 pp. [separates available prior to republication in Trans. R. Soc. Vict. 8: 30–38 (1867), 95–225 (1868)] [85].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MCG ♂ specimen located, Melbourne, VIC.
• Promecoderus politus Sloane, T.G. 1890. Studies in Australian Entomology. No. III On Promecoderus and closely allied genera (Carabidae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 5: 189-242 [218].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM K13268 2 specimens ♀ only located, Condobolin, Lachlan River, NSW [33° 5' 17" S 147° 8' 42" E].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Sloane, T.G. 1892. Studies in Australian Entomology. No. V Notes on the subfamily Broscini (Carabidae), with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 7: 45-64 [48]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Little Desert and type localities.

IBRA

NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: flightless, open scrub, predator, terrestrial.

History of changes

• Promecoderus maritimus Laporte, F.L. [de Castelnau] 1867. Notes on Australian Coleoptera. Melbourne : Royal Society of Victoria 139 pp. [separates available prior to republication in Trans. R. Soc. Vict. 8: 30–38 (1867), 95–225 (1868)] [81].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MCG ♂ specimen located, Cape Schanck, VIC.

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA

Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: flightless, predator, terrestrial.

History of changes

• Promecoderus mastersii Macleay, W.J. 1873. Miscellanea entomologica. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 2: 319-370 [332].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ANIC(MMUS) 2 specimens, Monaro, NSW.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Gundaroo, Marulan, Piccadilly Circus and Queanbeyan.

IBRA

ACT, NSW: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: flightless, low open woodland, predator, terrestrial.

General References

Moore, B.P. 1979. Chemical defense in Carabids and its bearing on phylogeny. pp. 193-203 in Erwin, T.L., Ball, G.E., Whitehead, D.R. & Halpern, A.L. (eds). Carabid beetles: Their evolution, natural history, and classification. The Hague : W. Junk vii 635 pp. [200]

History of changes

• Promecoderus modestus Laporte, F.L. [de Castelnau] 1867. Notes on Australian Coleoptera. Melbourne : Royal Society of Victoria 139 pp. [separates available prior to republication in Trans. R. Soc. Vict. 8: 30–38 (1867), 95–225 (1868)] [84].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCG ♀, TAS.

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: flightless, predator, terrestrial.

History of changes

• Promecoderus neglectus Laporte, F.L. [de Castelnau] 1867. Notes on Australian Coleoptera. Melbourne : Royal Society of Victoria 139 pp. [separates available prior to republication in Trans. R. Soc. Vict. 8: 30–38 (1867), 95–225 (1868)] [84].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MCG 2 specimens, "mountains", VIC.
• Promecoderus puella Putzeys, J. 1868. Les Broscides. Entomologische Zeitschrift 29: 305-379 [343].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) RIB, NSW (as Nouvelle Galles du Sud).

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Sloane, T.G. 1890. Studies in Australian Entomology. No. III On Promecoderus and closely allied genera (Carabidae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 5: 189-242 [195]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Bombala.

IBRA

NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: flightless, predator, terrestrial.

History of changes

• Promecoderus nigellus Sloane, T.G. 1890. Studies in Australian Entomology. No. III On Promecoderus and closely allied genera (Carabidae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 5: 189-242 [211].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K13149 ♂, Dabee, NSW [32° 50' 47" S 150° 3' 5" E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Hunter River and type locality.

IBRA

NSW: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: flightless, predator, terrestrial.

History of changes

• Promecoderus nigricornis Laporte, F.L. [de Castelnau] 1867. Notes on Australian Coleoptera. Melbourne : Royal Society of Victoria 139 pp. [separates available prior to republication in Trans. R. Soc. Vict. 8: 30–38 (1867), 95–225 (1868)] [81].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MCG ♂ specimen located, "mountains", VIC.

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA

Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: flightless, predator, terrestrial.

History of changes

• Promecoderus oblongus Laporte, F.L. [de Castelnau] 1867. Notes on Australian Coleoptera. Melbourne : Royal Society of Victoria 139 pp. [separates available prior to republication in Trans. R. Soc. Vict. 8: 30–38 (1867), 95–225 (1868)] [83].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCG ♂, Melbourne, VIC.

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA

Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: flightless, predator, terrestrial.

History of changes

• Promecoderus olivaceus Macleay, W.J. 1873. Miscellanea entomologica. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 2: 319-370 [334].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ANIC(MMUS) 3 specimens, Pipers Flats, NSW.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Blue Mts and Sassafrass.

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: flightless, predator, terrestrial.

History of changes

• Promecoderus ovicollis Laporte, F.L. [de Castelnau] 1867. Notes on Australian Coleoptera. Melbourne : Royal Society of Victoria 139 pp. [separates available prior to republication in Trans. R. Soc. Vict. 8: 30–38 (1867), 95–225 (1868)] [80].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MCG 7 specimens, TAS.

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Mangana and Mt Nelson.

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: flightless, predator, tall forest, terrestrial.

History of changes

• Promecoderus ovipennis Sloane, T.G. 1898. On Carabidae from West Australia, sent by Mr. A.M. Lea (with descriptions of new genera and species, synoptic tables etc.). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 23: 444-520 [452].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA, Beverley, WA.
  Paratype(s) ANIC (Sloane coll.) 2 specimens.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: flightless, predator, terrestrial.

History of changes

• Promecoderus pacificus Sloane, T.G. 1890. Studies in Australian Entomology. No. III On Promecoderus and closely allied genera (Carabidae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 5: 189-242 [206].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ANIC (Sloane coll.) 3 specimens, Otway Range, VIC.

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Beech Forest and type locality.

IBRA

Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: flightless, predator, tall forest, terrestrial.

History of changes

• Promecoderus pygmaeus Laporte, F.L. [de Castelnau] 1867. Notes on Australian Coleoptera. Melbourne : Royal Society of Victoria 139 pp. [separates available prior to republication in Trans. R. Soc. Vict. 8: 30–38 (1867), 95–225 (1868)] [81].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCG ♂, "mountains", VIC.

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA

Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: flightless, predator, terrestrial.

History of changes

• Promecoderus riverinae Macleay, W.J. 1873. Miscellanea entomologica. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 2: 319-370 [331].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ANIC(MMUS) 2 specimens, lower Murrumbidgee, NSW.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Barooga, Mulwala and type locality.

IBRA

NSW: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: flightless, low open woodland, predator, terrestrial.

History of changes

• Promecoderus scauroides Laporte, F.L. [de Castelnau] 1867. Notes on Australian Coleoptera. Melbourne : Royal Society of Victoria 139 pp. [separates available prior to republication in Trans. R. Soc. Vict. 8: 30–38 (1867), 95–225 (1868)] [83].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MCG ♂ specimen located, Swan River, WA.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Mullewa and Rottnest Is.

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: flightless, open scrub, predator, terrestrial.

History of changes

• Promecoderus semistriatus Laporte, F.L. [de Castelnau] 1867. Notes on Australian Coleoptera. Melbourne : Royal Society of Victoria 139 pp. [separates available prior to republication in Trans. R. Soc. Vict. 8: 30–38 (1867), 95–225 (1868)] [82].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MCG ♂ ♀, Eastern Creek, NSW.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Lapin, Woronora and type locality.

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: flightless, predator, terrestrial.

History of changes

• Promecoderus sloanei Blackburn, T. 1901. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XXVIII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 25: 15–44 [19].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH, Yilgarn, WA.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA

WA: Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Tanami (TAN)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: flightless, predator, terrestrial.

History of changes

• Promecoderus striatopunctatus Laporte, F.L. [de Castelnau] 1867. Notes on Australian Coleoptera. Melbourne : Royal Society of Victoria 139 pp. [separates available prior to republication in Trans. R. Soc. Vict. 8: 30–38 (1867), 95–225 (1868)] [82].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MCG 2 specimens, "mountains", VIC, Darling River, NSW.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: flightless, predator, terrestrial.

History of changes

• Promecoderus subdepressus Guérin-Méneville, F.É. 1841. Descriptions de quelques Coléoptères nouveaux, provenant de la Tasmanie, des îles Vavao et Ternate, de Triton Bay, à la Nouvelle-Guinée, et du port Famine, dans le détroit de Magellan. Revue de Zoologie, Paris 4: 186-193 [190].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP ♂, Tasmania (in error), label reads Swan River, WA.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: flightless, predator, terrestrial.

History of changes

• Promecoderus viridiaeneus Sloane, T.G. 1915. Studies in Australian Entomology. No. XVII New genera and species of Carabidae. (Pamborini, Migadopini, Broscini, Cunepectini, Nomoni, Pterostichini, Platynini, Oodini, Harpalini, Lebiini). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 40: 438-473 [444].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂ missing, Mt Magnet, TAS.

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Western district.

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: flightless, predator, terrestrial.

History of changes

• Promecoderus wilcoxii Laporte, F.L. [de Castelnau] 1867. Notes on Australian Coleoptera. Melbourne : Royal Society of Victoria 139 pp. [separates available prior to republication in Trans. R. Soc. Vict. 8: 30–38 (1867), 95–225 (1868)] [85].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MCG 2 specimens, Clarence River, NSW.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: flightless, predator, terrestrial.

History of changes