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Allelidea quadrinotata Lea, 1910 (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. (as Alleidea quadrinotata)

TMAG collections

Classification
Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Cleroidea

Family: Cleridae

Subfamily: Phyllobaeninae

Morphology

Typical length (mm): 4.5
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

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