Ganyme sapphira (Newman, 1842) (a species of ulodid 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. (as Ganyme sapphira; Pseudolyprops sapphira)

Typical length (mm): 6
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

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

Ecological attributes: — Found under large logs (Grove et al., 2006).

Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Emergence trapping from log of Eucalyptus obliqua — Hand collection from under log of Eucalyptus sp. — Pitfall trapping.

Source ecological literature:
Grove, S.J. et al. (2006). What lives under large logs in Tasmanian eucalypt forest? Tas. Nat. 128: 86-93.
Yee, M. (2005). The ecology and habitat requirements of saproxylic beetles native to Tasmanian wet eucalypt forests: potential impacts of commercial forestry practices. PhD thesis, Univ. of Tasmania, Hobart.