Syllitus grammicus (Newman, 1840) (a species of longhorn-beetle)
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
Classification
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea
Family: Cerambycidae
Subfamily: Cerambycinae
Tribe: Rhagiomorphini
Morphology
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
McKeown, K.C. (1947). Catalogue of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of Australia. Mem. Aust. Mus. 10: 1-190.
Ecology
Association with dead wood or old trees: obligately saproxylic
Ecological attributes: — Acacia dealbata is a host-plant (Bashford, 1990a) — Breeds in dead or dying Acacia dealbata trees (Bashford, 1991).
Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — At light (with use of light-trap) — Baited trapping (funnel trap) — Hand collection (substrate not specified) — Not specified — Panel trapping — Pipe trapping — Rearing in insectary (host not documented) — Rearing in insectary from Acacia dealbata — Rearing in insectary from Acacia mearnsii — Rearing in insectary from Banksia marginata — Rearing in insectary from Leptospermum lanigerum — Sticky trapping (substrate not specified) — Sticky trapping on Acacia dealbata — Sticky trapping on Eucalyptus viminalis — Sticky trapping on fire-scorched pine.
Source ecological literature:
Bashford, R. (1990a). Tasmanian forest insects and their host plants: records from the Tasmanian Forestry Commission insect collection. Hobart: Tas. Forestry Commission, 32 pages.
Bashford, R. (1991). Wood-boring Coleoptera and associated insects reared from Acacia dealbata Link in Tasmania. Aust. Entom. Mag. 18 (3): 103-110.
