Prostomus scutellaris (a species of weevil)
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
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 Prypnus scutellaris)
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Curculionoidea
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Entiminae
Tribe: Leptopiini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 22
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: (not yet documented)
Association with dead wood or old trees: (not yet documented)
Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — At light (with use of light-trap) — Hand collection (substrate not specified) — Hand collection from Eucalyptus amygdalina — Hand collection from under bark (tree species not specified) — Hand collection from under bark of Eucalyptus globulus — Malaise trapping — Pitfall trapping.
