''Promecoderus'' is a genus of

ground beetle Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan family (biology), family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. As of 2015, it ...

in the subfamily

Broscinae Broscinae is a subfamily of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are more than 30 genera and at least 340 described species in Broscinae. Genera These 34 genera belong to the subfamily Broscinae: * ''Acallistus'' Sharp, 1886 * ''Adote ...

. The genus was described by

Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean (; 10 August 1780 – 17 March 1845), was a French soldier and entomologist. Dejean described a large number of beetles in a series of catalogues. A soldier of fortune during the Napoleonic Wars, he rose ...

in 1829 with the genus being found in

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

and is divided into six groups with several subgroups: 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 ''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. a ...

'' 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

Broscini Carabidae genera {{Broscinae-stub