Atesta paratasmanica Wang, 1993
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
Wang, Q. (1993). A revision of Atesta Pascoe (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Phoracanthini) from Australia, with descriptions of eighteen new species. Invertebrate Taxonomy 7: 961-1024. (as Atesta paratasmanica).
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea
Family: Cerambycidae
Subfamily: Cerambycinae
Tribe: Phoracanthini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): (not yet documented)
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Source literature on taxonomy and morphology (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
*Wang, Q. (1993). A revision of Atesta Pascoe (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Phoracanthini) from Australia, with descriptions of eighteen new species. Invertebrate Taxonomy 7: 961-1024.
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: wood-feeder
Association with dead wood or old trees: obligately saproxylic
