Crepidomenus fulgidus Erichson, 1842 (a species of click-beetle)

Semmens, T.D., McQuillan, P.B. & Hayhurst, G. (1992). Catalogue of the Insects of Tasmania. Government of Tasmania: Department of Primary Industry, 104 pp.

TMAG collections

Typical length (mm): 18
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
*Erichson, W.F. (1842). Beitrag zur Insecten-Fauna von Vandiemensland, mit besonderer Beruecksichtung der geographischen Verbreitung der Insecten. Nicolai’schen Buchhandlung 8(1): 379 pages.

Assumed larval feeding: (not yet documented)
Association with dead wood or old trees: obligately saproxylic

Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Hand collection (substrate not specified) — Hand collection from Eucalyptus amygdalina — Hand collection from Eucalyptus nitens — Hand collection from Eucalyptus obliqua — Hand collection from under bark (tree species not specified) — Not specified — Pitfall trapping — Sticky trapping on Eucalyptus camaldulensis — Sticky trapping on Eucalyptus viminalis.