Pentamimus australis (Erichson, 1842)  (a species of weevil)

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 Pentamimus australis; Pentamimus canaliculatus; Pentarthrum australe; Rhyncolus australis)

TMAG collections

Typical length (mm): 3
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
*Erichson, W.F. (1842). Beitrag zur Insecten-Fauna von Vandiemensland, mit besonderer Beruecksichtung der geographischen Verbreitung der Insecten. Nicolai’schen Buchhandlung 8(1): 379 pages.

Assumed larval feeding: wood-feeder
Association with dead wood or old trees: obligately saproxylic

Ecological attributes: — Breeds in dead or dying Acacia dealbata trees (Bashford, 1991).

Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Baited trapping (funnel trap) — Baited trapping (Ips pheromone) — Hand collection (substrate not specified) — Panel trapping — Rearing in insectary (host not documented) — Rearing in insectary from Acacia dealbata — Rearing in insectary from Acacia mearnsii.

Source ecological literature:
Bashford, R. (1991). Wood-boring Coleoptera and associated insects reared from Acacia dealbata Link in Tasmania. Aust. Entom. Mag. 18 (3): 103-110.