Plagiotelum opalescens (a species of ground-beetle)
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Superfamily: Caraboidea
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Harpalinae
Tribe: Ctenodactylini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 7
Flightedness: (not yet documented)
Flightedness: (not yet documented)
Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
Sloane, T.G. (1920). The Carabidae of Tasmania. Proc. Linn. Soc. NSW 45: 113-178.
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: predator
Association with dead wood or old trees: not saproxylic
Association with dead wood or old trees: not saproxylic
Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Knockdown fogging of canopy of Nothofagus cunninghamii.
