Promethis nigra (Blessig, 1861) (a species of darkling-beetle)

Basis for Tasmanian occurrence

Classification

Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea

Family: Tenebrionidae

Subfamily: Stenochiinae

Tribe: Cnodalonini

Morphology

Typical length (mm): 22
Flightedness: (not yet documented)

Ecology

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

Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Hand collection (substrate not specified) — Hand collection from under bark (tree species not specified) — Pitfall trapping — Rearing in insectary (host not documented) — Rearing in insectary from Eucalyptus obliqua.

Source ecological literature:
Harrison, K.S. (2007). Saproxylic beetles associated with habitat features in Eucalyptus obliqua trees in the southern forests of Tasmania. PhD thesis, Dept. of Zoology, Univ. of Tasmania, Hobart.