Ambrosiodmus compressus (keyhole ambrosia-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 Xyleborus compressus)
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Curculionoidea
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Scolytinae
Tribe: Xyleborini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 3.5
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: wood-feeder
Association with dead wood or old trees: obligately saproxylic
Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Baited trapping (funnel trap) — Baited trapping (Ips pheromone) — Panel trapping — Pipe trapping — Pitfall trapping — Rearing in insectary from Acacia dealbata — Sticky trapping (substrate not specified) — Sticky trapping on Eucalyptus globulus — Vane trapping.
