Chauliognathus tricolor (Castelnau, 1840) (a species of soldier-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 Chauliognathus tricolor; Chauliognathus nobilitatus)

TMAG collections

Classification

Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Elateroidea

Family: Cantharidae

Subfamily: Chauliognathinae

Morphology

Typical length (mm): 12
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Ecology

Assumed larval feeding: predator