Uracanthus pertenuis
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: Chrysomeloidea
Family: Cerambycidae
Subfamily: Cerambycinae
Tribe: Uracanthini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 24
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
*Lea, A.M. (1917). Notes on some miscellaneous Coleoptera, with descriptions of new species. Part 3. Trans. Roy. Soc. S.A. 41: 121-322.
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
Association with dead wood or old trees: obligately saproxylic
Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — At light (with use of light-trap).
