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Lemidia pallidipennis Lea, 1907 (a species of checkered beetle)

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.
Classification
Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Cleroidea

Family: Cleridae

Subfamily: Phyllobaeninae

Morphology

Typical length (mm): 4
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
*Lea, A.M. (1907c). Notes on the genus Lemidia with descriptions of new species. Ann. Soc. Entom. Belg. 51: 331-362

Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: predator
Association with dead wood or old trees: (not yet documented)
Lemidia pallidipennis
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