Deretaphrus piceus (a species of cocoon-forming beetle)
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: Coccinelloidea
Family: Bothrideridae
Subfamily: Bothriderinae
Morphology
Typical length (mm): (not yet documented)
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: predator
Association with dead wood or old trees: at least facultatively saproxylic
Association with dead wood or old trees: at least facultatively saproxylic
Ecological attributes: — Found in stems of Eucalyptus obliqua, where predatory on larvae of Epithora dorsalis (Bashford, 1994) — Has a one-year life-cycle (Bashford, 1994).
Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Baited trapping (funnel trap) — Not specified — Sticky trapping on Eucalyptus globulus.
Source ecological literature:
Bashford, R. (1994). Life history and mortality of the longicorn Epithora dorsalis MacLeay (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in Tasmania. Aust. Entom. 21 (4): 125-136.
