Parapylus bicinctus (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. (as Parapylus bicinctus)
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Cleroidea
Family: Cleridae
Subfamily: Korynetinae
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 12
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: (not yet documented)
Association with dead wood or old trees: (not yet documented)
