Calochromus scutellaris (Erichson, 1842) (a species of net-winged beetle)

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 Calochromus scutellaris; Eros scutellaris)

TMAG collections

Typical length (mm): 11
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
*Fabricius, J.C. (1801). Systema Eleutheratorum secundum ordines, genera, species: adiectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. 2. Bibl. Acad. Nov., Kill., 610 pages.
Lea, A.M. (1909b). Revision of the Australian and Tasmanian Malacodermidae. Trans. Roy. Entom. Soc. Lond. 1909: 45-251. [Page 48]

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

Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Malaise trapping — Pipe trapping.