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Promecoderus

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Promecoderus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
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.[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]

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

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  1. ^ a b 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.