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Uracanthus maculatus Thongphak & Wang, 2007 (a species of longhorn-beetle)

Basis for Tasmanian occurrence

Thongphak, D. & Wang, Q. (2007). Taxonomic revision of the longicorn beetle genus Uracanthus Hope 1833 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae: Uracanthini) from Australia. Zootaxa 1569:.1-139. (as Uracanthus maculatus). 

Classification

Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea

Family: Cerambycidae

Subfamily: Cerambycinae

Tribe: Uracanthini

Morphology

Typical length (mm): (not yet documented)
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Source literature on taxonomy and morphology (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
*Thongphak, D. & Wang, Q. (2007). Taxonomic revision of the longicorn beetle genus Uracanthus Hope 1833 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae: Uracanthini) from Australia. Zootaxa 1569:.1-139.

Ecology

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

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