Methypora postica (a species of weevil)
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.
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Curculionoidea
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Cyclominae
Tribe: Listroderini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 8
Flightedness: (not yet documented)
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: (not yet documented)
Association with dead wood or old trees: (not yet documented)
Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Hand collection (substrate not specified) — Sticky trapping on Eucalyptus obliqua.
Source ecological literature:
Harrison, K.S. (2007). Saproxylic beetles associated with habitat features in Eucalyptus obliqua trees in the southern forests of Tasmania. PhD thesis, Dept. of Zoology, Univ. of Tasmania, Hobart.
