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Eunatalis spadicea Gerstmeier & Seitner, 2013 (a species of checkered beetle)

Basis for Tasmanian occurrence

Australian Faunal Directory (as Eunatalis spadicea)

Classification
Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Cleroidea

Family: Cleridae

Subfamily: Clerinae

Morphology

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

Source of taxonomic or morphological information (*primary taxonomic source, where known):
*Gerstmeier, R. & Seitner, M. (2013). Revision of the checkered beetle genus Eunatalis Schenkling, 1909 (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae). Zootaxa 3698 (1): 1-77.

Ecology

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

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