Lemidia nitens (a species of checkered 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.
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Cleroidea
Family: Cleridae
Subfamily: Phyllobaeninae
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 9
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: predator
Association with dead wood or old trees: obligately saproxylic
Association with dead wood or old trees: obligately saproxylic
Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Pipe trapping — Sticky trapping (substrate not specified) — Sticky trapping on Acacia dealbata — Sticky trapping on Eucalyptus camaldulensis — Sticky trapping on Eucalyptus globulus — Sticky trapping on Eucalyptus ovata — Sticky trapping on Eucalyptus viminalis
