Heteronyx planiceps (a species of scarab-beetle)
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Melolonthinae
Tribe: Heteronycini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 8
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: root-feeder, perhaps in association with rotting wood
Association with dead wood or old trees: at least facultatively saproxylic
Association with dead wood or old trees: at least facultatively saproxylic
