Rodatus tasmanicus Tomaszewska & Ślipiński 2011 (a species of ladybird)

Basis for Tasmanian occurrence

Tomaszewska, K.W. & Ślipiński, A. (2011). Revision of the Genus Rodatus Mulsant, 1850 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Coccidulini). Annales Zoologici 61 (4): 657-684.. (as Rodatus tasmanicus)

Classification

Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Coccinelloidea

Family: Coccinellidae

Subfamily: Coccinellinae

Tribe: Coccidulini

Morphology

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

Source literature for information on morphology (*primary taxonomic source):

*Tomaszewska, K.W. & Ślipiński, A. (2011). Revision of the Genus Rodatus Mulsant, 1850 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Coccidulini). Annales Zoologici 61 (4): 657-684.

Ecology

(ecology not yet documented)