Promecoderus

Promecoderus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Broscinae
Tribe: Broscini
Subtribe: Creobiina
Genus: Promecoderus
Dejean, 1829
Synonyms
  • Anheretus
  • Cnemacanthus G. R. Gray, 1832

Promecoderus is a genus of ground beetle in the subfamily Broscinae. 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. albaniensis group (sensu Sloane, 1890; Roig-Juñent, 2000)

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

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

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

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

5b. inornatus subgroup

5c. subdepressus subgroup

6. unassociated species

References

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