Heteronyx montanus (a species of scarab-beetle)
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Melolonthinae
Tribe: Heteronycini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 9
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: root-feeder
Association with dead wood or old trees: not saproxylic
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) — Pitfall trapping.
