Pachyura australis (a species of belid weevil)
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.
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Curculionoidea
Family: Belidae
Subfamily: Belinae
Tribe: Pachyurini
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: 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: — Hand collection (substrate not specified) — Hand collection from Eucalyptus dalrympleana — Hand collection from Eucalyptus delegatensis — Hand collection from Eucalyptus viminalis.
Source ecological literature:
Daley, E. (2007). Wings: an introduction to Tasmania’s winged insects. Hobart: 40 Degrees South Pty. Ltd., 236 pages.
