Crepidomenus decoratus (a species of click-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.
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Elateroidea
Family: Elateridae
Subfamily: Denticollinae
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 12
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
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.
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: (not yet documented)
Association with dead wood or old trees: (not yet documented)
Association with dead wood or old trees: (not yet documented)
Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — At light (with use of light-trap) — Hand collection (substrate not specified) — Hand collection from Eucalyptus amygdalina — Hand collection from Eucalyptus delegatensis — Hand collection from Eucalyptus nitens — Hand collection from Eucalyptus regnans.
