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Acrossidius pseudotasmaniae Given, 1950 (false black-headed pasture-chafer)

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. (as Aphodius pseudotasmaniae)

TMAG collections

Classification
Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea

Family: Scarabaeidae

Subfamily: Aphodiinae

Tribe: Aphodiini

Morphology
Typical length (mm): 12
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: feeds on roots of grasses
Association with dead wood or old trees: not saproxylic

 

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