
Pelororhinus transversus (Boisduval, 1835) (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. (as Rhinaria transversa)
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Curculionoidea
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Cyclominae
Tribe: Aterpini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): (not yet documented)
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: bark-feeder
Association with dead wood or old trees: at least facultatively saproxylic
Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Hand collection (substrate not specified) — Hand collection from Eucalyptus nitens — Hand collection from under bark (tree species not specified).



