
Dromaeolus australasiae Bonvouloir, 1871 (a species of false click-beetle)
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Elateroidea
Family: Macraulacinae
Subfamily: Macraulacini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 7
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Ecology
Larval feeding: predator
Association with old trees or dead wood: obligately saproxylic
Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Sticky trapping on Acacia dealbata — Sticky trapping on Eucalyptus camaldulensis — Sticky trapping on Eucalyptus globulus — Sticky trapping on Eucalyptus viminalis.
