
Phaenocerus subclavatus Bonvouloir, 1871 (a species of false click-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 Phaenocerus subclavatus)
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Elateroidea
Family: Eucnemidae
Subfamily: Eucneminae
Tribe: Phaenocerini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 6
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Ecology
Larval feeding: predator
Association with old trees or dead wood: obligately saproxylic
Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Pitfall trapping — Sticky trapping (substrate not specified).

