Parablax ossa (a species of click-beetle)
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
Calder, A.A. (2007). Notes on Parablax Schwartz and the subfamily Pityobiinae with description of Parablax ossa sp. N from Tasmania (Coleoptera: Elateridae). Australian Journal of Entomology 31(2):143 – 158.
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Elateroidea
Family: Elateridae
Subfamily: Parablacinae
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 14
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
*Calder, A.A. (2007). Notes on Parablax Schwartz and the subfamily Pityobiinae with description of Parablax ossa sp. N from Tasmania (Coleoptera: Elateridae). Australian Journal of Entomology 31(2):143 – 158.
Ecology
(ecology not yet documented)
