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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).

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