Acrossidius tasmaniae (black-headed pasture-chafer)
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. (as Aphodius tasmaniae)
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Aphodiinae
Tribe: Aphodiini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 12
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):
Lawrence, J.F. & Britton, E.B. (1994). Australian Beetles. Melbourne: CSIRO. Melbourne University Press.
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: feeds on roots of grasses
Association with dead wood or old trees: not saproxylic
Association with dead wood or old trees: not saproxylic
Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — At light (no trap specified) — At light (with use of light-trap) — Hand collection (substrate not specified) — Hand collection from Eucalyptus nitens — Hand collection from strandline — Pitfall trapping.
