Helferella frenchi
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
Grove, S.J. & Yaxley, B. (2004). A species of jewel beetle (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) new to Tasmania. The Tasmanian Naturalist 126: 29-30.
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Buprestoidea
Family: Buprestidae
Subfamily: Polycestinae
Tribe: Mastogeniini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 3
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: wood-feeder
Association with dead wood or old trees: obligately saproxylic
Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Pitfall trapping.
Source ecological literature:
Grove, S.J. & Yaxley, B. (2004). A species of jewel beetle (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) new to Tasmania. Tas. Nat. 126: 29-30.
Grove, S.J. & Yaxley, B. (2005). Wildlife habitat strips and native forest ground-active beetle assemblages in plantation nodes in northeast Tasmania. Aust. J. Entom. 44 (4): 331-343.
