Araecerus palmaris (a species of fungus-weevil)
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Curculionoidea
Family: Anthribidae
Subfamily: Choraginae
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 6
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: fungus-feeder
Association with dead wood or old trees: obligately saproxylic
Ecological attributes: — Found in galls of Trichilogaster acaciaelongifoliae on Acacia sophorae (Bashford, 2004) — Found in galls of Uromycladium on Acacia dealbata (Bashford, 2002).
Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Hand collection (substrate not specified) — Not specified — Pitfall trapping — Rearing in insectary (host not documented).
Source ecological literature:
Bashford, R. (2002a). The insect fauna inhabiting Uromycladium (Uredinales) rust galls on silver wattle (Acacia dealbata) in Tasmania. Aust. Entom. 29 (3): 81-95.
Bashford, R. (2004). The insects associated with galls formed by Trichilogaster acaciaelongifoliae (Froggatt) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) on Acacia species in Tasmania. Aust. Entom. 31 (1): 5-12.
