Sericesthis nigrolineata (Boisduval, 1835) (dark pasture-scarab)
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
Classification
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Melolonthinae
Tribe: Scitalini
Morphology
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Ecology
Association with dead wood or old trees: not saproxylic
Ecological attributes: — Found under large logs (Grove et al., 2006).
Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — At light (with use of light-trap) — Hand collection (substrate not specified) — Hand collection from Eucalyptus nitens — Hand collection from under log of Eucalyptus sp. — Not specified — Pipe trapping — Pitfall trapping — Sticky trapping (substrate not specified) — Sticky trapping on Acacia dealbata — Sticky trapping on Eucalyptus viminalis.
Source ecological literature:
Grove, S.J. et al. (2006). What lives under large logs in Tasmanian eucalypt forest? Tas. Nat. 128: 86-93.
Daley, E. (2007). Wings: an introduction to Tasmania’s winged insects. Hobart: 40 Degrees South Pty. Ltd., 236 pages.
