Laemophloeus ramsayi Olliff, 1885 (a species of lined flat-bark beetle)

TMAG collections

Typical length (mm): 15
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Morphology (characterised by L. Forster): — Elytra with dark triangular patch along suture and with dark patches at base — Pronotum dark, with only one well-defined stria along each margin.

Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
Lea, A.M. (1904). Descriptions of new species of Australian Coleoptera, Part VII. Proc. Lin. Soc. NSW 29: 60-107. [Page 87].

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

Ecological attributes: — May occupy logs or trunks of Eucalyptus obliqua, at least temporarily, since found having emerged within six years of felling (Grove et al., 2009).

Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Baited trapping (funnel trap) — Emergence trapping from log of Eucalyptus obliqua — Pitfall trapping — Vane trapping.

Source ecological literature:
Baker, S.C. (2006b). Ecology and conservation of ground-dwelling beetles in managed wet eucalypt forest: edge and riparian effects. PhD thesis, Univ. of Tasmania, Hobart.
Grove, S. et al. (2009). A long-term experimental study of saproxylic beetle … succession in Tasmanian Eucalyptus … logs… In: Fattorini, S. (Ed.), Insect Ecology and Conservation. Research Signpost, pp. 71-114.