Prostomis cornuta Waterhouse, 1877 (a species of red log-beetle)

Semmens, T.D., McQuillan, P.B. & Hayhurst, G. (1992). Catalogue of the Insects of Tasmania. Government of Tasmania: Department of Primary Industry, 104 pp. (as Prostomis cornutus)

TMAG collections

Typical length (mm): 6
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Morphology (characterised by L. Forster): — Antennae with third apical joint similar in length to second and fourth joints — Body flat, polished, glabrous — Head with left and right jugular processes almost identical, pointed at apices, and visible when head viewed from above — Pronotum with strong punctures and a well-defined longitudinal furrow. — Wings present.

Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
Blackburn, T. (1897). Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XXII. Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Aust. 21: 88-98.

Assumed larval feeding: wood-feeder
Association with dead wood or old trees: obligately saproxylic

Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Hand collection from under bark (tree species not specified) — Hand collection from within log (tree species not specified).