Australodendrophagus australis (Erichson, 1842) (a species of silvan flat-bark-beetle)

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 Dendrophagus australis)

TMAG collections

Typical length (mm): 7
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
*Erichson, W.F. (1842). Beitrag zur Insecten-Fauna von Vandiemensland, mit besonderer Beruecksichtung der geographischen Verbreitung der Insecten. Nicolai’schen Buchhandlung 8(1): 379 pages.
Lawrence, J.F. & Britton, E.B. (1994). Australian Beetles. Melbourne: CSIRO. Melbourne University Press.

Assumed larval feeding: detritivore
Association with dead wood or old trees: obligately saproxylic

Ecological attributes: — Eucalyptus dalrympleana is a host-plant (Bashford, 1990a) — Eucalyptus delegatensis is a host-plant (Bashford, 1990a) — Eucalyptus globulus is a host-plant (Bashford, 1990a) — Eucalyptus obliqua is a host-plant (Bashford, 1990a) — Eucalyptus ovata is a host-plant (Bashford, 1990a) — Eucalyptus viminalis is a host-plant (Bashford, 1990a).

Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Sticky trapping (substrate not specified).

Source ecological literature:
Bashford, R. (1990a). Tasmanian forest insects and their host plants: records from the Tasmanian Forestry Commission insect collection. Hobart: Tas. Forestry Commission, 32 pages.