Adoryphorus coulonii (red-headed pasture-cockchafer)
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
Semmens, T.D., McQuillan, P.B. & Hayhurst, G. (1992). Catalogue of the Insects of Tasmania. Government of Tasmania: Department of Primary Industry, 104 pp.
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea
Family: Scarabeidae
Subfamily: Dynastinae
Tribe: Pentodontini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 9
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: root-feeder
Association with dead wood or old trees: not saproxylic
Association with dead wood or old trees: not saproxylic
Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Hand collection (substrate not specified) — Hand collection from Eucalyptus amygdalina — Hand collection from Pinus radiata seed-bed.
Source ecological literature:
Michaels, K.F. (1999a). Carabid beetles as biodiversity and ecological indicators. PhD thesis, Univ. of Tasmania, Hobart.
