Promecoderus

Promecoderus is a genus of ground beetle in the subfamily Broscinae.[1] The genus was described by Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean in 1829 with the genus being found in Australia and is divided into six groups with several subgroups:[1]

Axonya championi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Adephaga
Family:
Carabidae
Subfamily:
Broscinae
Tribe:
Broscini
Subtribe:
Creobiina
Genus:
Promecoderus

Dejean, 1829
Synonyms
  • Cnemacanthus G. R. Gray, 1832

1. albaniensis group (sensu Sloane, 1890; Roig-Juñent, 2000)

  • Promecoderus albaniensis Laporte de Castelnau, 1867
  • Promecoderus pacificus Sloane, 1890
  • Promecoderus pygmaeus Laporte de Castelnau, 1867

2. brunnicornis group (sensu Sloane, 1890; Roig-Juñent, 2000)

  • Promecoderus brunnicornis Dejean, 1829

3. clivinoides group (sensu Sloane, 1890, 1898; Roig-Juñent, 2000)

  • Promecoderus castelnaui Sloane, 1892
  • Promecoderus clivinoides Guérin-Ménéville, 1841
  • Promecoderus comes Sloane, 1890
  • Promecoderus dyschirioides Guérin-Ménéville, 1841
  • Promecoderus hunteriensis Macleay, 1873
  • Promecoderus intermedius Sloane, 1898
  • Promecoderus interruptus Macleay, 1873
  • Promecoderus lei Sloane, 1898
  • Promecoderus maritimus Laporte de Castelnau, 1867
  • Promecoderus nigellus Sloane, 1890
  • Promecoderus nigricornis Laporte de Castelnau, 1867
  • Promecoderus ovipennis Sloane, 1898
  • Promecoderus scauroides Laporte de Castelnau, 1867
  • Promecoderus sloanei Blackburn, 1901
  • Promecoderus striatopunctatus Laporte de Castelnau, 1867
  • Promecoderus wilcoxii Laporte de Castelnau, 1867

4. concolor group (sensu Sloane, 1890; Roig-Juñent, 2000)

  • Promecoderus blackburni Sloane, 1890
  • Promecoderus concolor Germar, 1848
  • Promecoderus insignis Sloane, 1890

5. gibbosus-subdepressus-inornatus group (Sensu Sloane, 1890; Roig-Juñent, 2000)
5a. gibbosus subgroup

  • Promecoderus basii Laporte de Castelnau, 1867
  • Promecoderus gibbosus G. R. Gray, 1832
  • Promecoderus mastersii Macleay, 1873

5b. inornatus subgroup

  • Promecoderus dorsalis Macleay, 1873
  • Promecoderus inornatus Macleay, 1873
  • Promecoderus neglectus Laporte de Castelnau, 1867
  • Promecoderus olivaceus Macleay, 1873
  • Promecoderus semistriatus Laporte de Castelnau, 1867

5c. subdepressus subgroup

  • Promecoderus curvipes Sloane, 1920
  • Promecoderus elegans Laporte de Castelnau, 1867
  • Promecoderus modestus Laporte de Castelnau, 1867
  • Promecoderus clivinoides Guérin-Ménéville, 1841

6. unassociated species

  • Promecoderus anguliceps Sloane, 1898
  • Promecoderus cordicollis Sloane, 1908
  • Promecoderus lottini Brullé, 1834
  • Promecoderus riverinae Macleay, 1873
  • Promecoderus viridianeus Sloane, 1915

References
  1. Martin Häckel, Jan Farkač and David W. Wrase (2010). "A check-list of the tribe Broscini Hope, 1838 of the World (Coleoptera: Carabidae)" (PDF). Studies and Reports Taxonomical Series. 6 (1–2): 43–84.


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