New Tasmanian records for the little-known carabid beetle Notonomus sphodroides (Carabidae: Pterostichinae)

摘要

The ground beetles in the family Carabidae represent an enormously diverse and speciose group comprising approximately 40 000 species in 1500 genera, of which some 3000 described species occur in Australia (Lawrence & Slipinski 2013). For its size, Tasmania has a remarkably rich carabid fauna including many endemic species. At present 219 species of Carabidae in 79 genera are known to occur in Tasmania (Adas of Living Australia (ALA) 2019a). Some of the largest and most commonly observed Carabidae in Australia are in the genus Notonomus Chaudior, 1865. Currently there are 131 recognised species in mesic forest habitats in eastern Australia from the Wet Tropics of Queensland to southern Tasmania as well as one species from Western Australia (ALA 2019b, K. Will, pers. comm.). An overview of the taxonomic history and major works on the genus in Australia is given in Will (2015).