Elephastomus proboscideus (elephantesque dung-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 Elephastomus kirkbyanus; Elephastomus proboscideus)
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea
Family: Bolboceratidae
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 20
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: dung-feeder
Association with dead wood or old trees: not saproxylic
Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — At light (with use of light-trap) — Hand collection (substrate not specified) — Hand collection from Eucalyptus pulchella — Pitfall trapping.
