Lissotes laticollis Lea, 1910 (a species of stag-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: Scarabaeoidea

Family: Lucanidae

Subfamily: Lucaninae

Morphology

Typical length (mm): 18
Flightedness: functionally flightless

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.
*Lea, A.M. (1910a). Notes on the genus Lissotes, with descriptions of new species. Pap. Proc. Roy. Soc. Tas. 1910: 346-366..

Ecology

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