Edylius canescens (a species of darkling-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: Tenebrionoidea
Family: Tenebrionidae
Subfamily: Tenebrioninae
Tribe: Heleini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 10
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
*Champion, G.C. (1894). On the Tenebrionidae collected in Australia and Tasmania by Mr. … Walker …during the voyage of H.M.S. “Penguin”, with descriptions of new genera and species. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1894: 351-408.
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: (not yet documented)
Association with dead wood or old trees: (not yet documented)
Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Pitfall trapping.
