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SSericesthis consanguinea​ (Blackburn, 1907) (white root scarab-beetle)

Basis for Tasmanian occurrence

Australian Faunal Directory (as Sericesthis consanguinea)

Classification
Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea

Family: Scarabaeidae

Subfamily: Melolonthinae

Tribe: Scitalini

Morphology

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

Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: root-feeder
Association with dead wood or old trees: not saproxylic

Collection method(s) for TMAG material: —  Hand collection (substrate not specified)..

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