Acantholophus tasmaniensis (a species of weevil)
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.
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Curculionoidea
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Cyclominae
Tribe: Amycterini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 16
Flightedness: (not yet documented)
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: (not yet documented)
Association with dead wood or old trees: (not yet documented)
Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Hand collection from Pultenaea sp. — Pitfall trapping.
Source ecological literature:
Grove, S.J. & Yaxley, B. (2005). Wildlife habitat strips and native forest ground-active beetle assemblages in plantation nodes in northeast Tasmania. Aust. J. Entom. 44 (4): 331-343.
