Chauliognathus lugubris (Fabricius, 1801) (plague soldier-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.

TMAG collections

Typical length (mm): 9
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Morphology (characterised by L. Forster): — Elytra dark green — Pronotum distinctly transverse; black with transverse, yellow basal line — Wings present.

Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
*Fabricius, J.C. (1801). Systema Eleutheratorum secundum ordines, genera, species: adiectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. 2. Bibl. Acad. Nov., Kill., 610 pages.
Lea, A.M. (1909). Revision of the Australian and Tasmanian Malacodermidae. Trans. Roy. Entom. Soc. Lond. 1909: 45-251. [Pages 113-117].

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

Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Beating vegetation (species not specified) — Emergence trapping from cut billets of Eucalyptus obliqua (Harrison, 2007) — Hand collection (substrate not specified) — Hand collection from flowers of Eucryphia lucida (Ettershanks & Ettershanks, 1993) — Hand collection from flowers of Helichrysum purpurascens (Ettershanks & Ettershanks, 1993) — Hand collection from flowers of Leptospermum scoparium (Ettershanks & Ettershanks, 1993) — Hand collection from flowers of Leptospermum sp. (Ettershanks & Ettershanks, 1993) — Knockdown fogging of canopy of Eucalyptus obliqua — Malaise trapping — Not specified — Pipe trapping — Pitfall trapping.

Source ecological literature:
Grove, S.J. (2009b). Beetles and fuelwood harvesting: a retrospective study from Tasmania’s southern forests. Tasforests 18: 77-99.
Baker, S.C. (2006b). Ecology and conservation of ground-dwelling beetles in managed wet eucalypt forest: edge and riparian effects. PhD thesis, Univ. of Tasmania, Hobart.
Daley, E. (2007). Wings: an introduction to Tasmania’s winged insects. Hobart: 40 Degrees South Pty. Ltd., 236 pages.
Harrison, K.S. (2007). Saproxylic beetles associated with habitat features in Eucalyptus obliqua trees in the southern forests of Tasmania. PhD thesis, Dept. of Zoology, Univ. of Tasmania, Hobart.