Cyclocranium swierstrae Van de Poll, 1891 (a species of longhorn-beetle)

Basis for Tasmanian occurrence

TMAG collections

Classification

Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea

Family: Cerambycidae

Subfamily: Cerambycinae

Tribe: Pseudocephalini

Morphology

Typical length (mm): 5
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
Ślipiński, A. & Escalona, H. (2016). Australian longhorn beetles (Coleoptea: Cerambycidae), Volume 2: Subfamily Cerambycinae. CSIRO publishing, 640 pp.

Ecology

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