Lamprima aurata Latreille, 1817 (golden stag-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.

TMAG collections

Typical length (mm): 20
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
Hangay, G. & de Keyzer, R. (2017). A guide to stag beetles of Australia. Clayton, VIC: CSIRO publishing, 245 pp.

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

Ecological attributes: — Eucalyptus amygdalina is a host-plant (Bashford, 1990a) — Eucalyptus ovata is a host-plant (Bashford, 1990a).

Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Emergence trapping from Eucalyptus amygdalina — Hand collection (substrate not specified) — Hand collection from Cassinia sp. — Hand collection from Eucalyptus nitens — Hand collection from Eucalyptus ovata — Hand collection from ground — Hand collection from within log (tree species not specified) — Not specified — Panel trapping — Pipe trapping — Pitfall trapping — Rearing in insectary (host not documented) — Vane trapping.

Source ecological literature:
Bashford, R. (1990a). Tasmanian forest insects and their host plants: records from the Tasmanian Forestry Commission insect collection. Hobart: Tas. Forestry Commission, 32 pages.
Daley, E. (2007). Wings: an introduction to Tasmania’s winged insects. Hobart: 40 Degrees South Pty. Ltd., 236 pages.
Fearn, S. (1996). Observations on the life history and habits of the stag beetle Lamprima aurata (Latreille) (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) in Tasmania. Aust. Entom. 23 (4): 133-138.
Grove, S.J. & Yaxley, B. (2005). Wildlife habitat strips and native forest ground-active beetle assemblages in plantation nodes in northeast Tasmania. Aust. J. Entom. 44 (4): 331-343.