(a species of blister-beetle)
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
Bologna, M.A., Turco, F. & Pinto, J.D. (2013). The Meloidae (Coleoptera) of Australasia: a generic review, descriptions of new taxa, and a challenge to the current definition of subfamilies posed by exceptional variation in male genitalia. Invertebrate Systematics 27: 391–427. (as Palaestra rubripennis).
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea
Family: Meloidae
Subfamily: Nemognathinae
Tribe: Palaestrini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 12
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Source literature on taxonomy and morphology (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
Bologna, M.A., Turco, F. & Pinto, J.D. (2013). The Meloidae (Coleoptera) of Australasia: a generic review, descriptions of new taxa, and a challenge to the current definition of subfamilies posed by exceptional variation in male genitalia. Invertebrate Systematics 27: 391–427.
Ecology
(ecology not yet documented)
