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)". Studies and Reports Taxonomical Series. 6 (1–2): 43–84.