Platycolaspis mcquillani Reid, 1994 (a species of leaf-beetle)

Reid, C.A.M. (1994). Revision of the genus Platycolaspis Jacoby (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae). Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria 54: 207-220.

TMAG collections

Typical length (mm): 2.2
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
*Reid, C.A.M. (1994). Revision of the genus Platycolaspis Jacoby (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae). Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria 54: 207-220.

Assumed larval feeding: leaf-feeder (on Gahnia grandis)
Association with dead wood or old trees: not saproxylic

Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Baited trapping (funnel trap) — Hand collection (substrate not specified) — Hand collection from Gahnia sp. — Hand collection from Leptospermum lanigerum — Knockdown fogging of canopy of Eucalyptus obliqua — Malaise trapping — Pitfall trapping — Vane trapping.

Source ecological literature:
Grove, S.J. (2009b). Beetles and fuelwood harvesting: a retrospective study from Tasmania’s southern forests. Tasforests 18: 77-99.
Baker, S.C. (2006b). Ecology and conservation of ground-dwelling beetles in managed wet eucalypt forest: edge and riparian effects. PhD thesis, Univ. of Tasmania, Hobart.
Michaels, K.F. (1999a). Carabid beetles as biodiversity and ecological indicators. PhD thesis, Univ. of Tasmania, Hobart.