Phyllotocus nigripennis (a species of scarab-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.
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Melolonthinae
Tribe: Sericini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 9
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
*Lea, A.M. (1919). Notes on some miscellaneous Coleoptera, with descriptions of new species. Part IV. Trans. Roy. Soc. S.A. 43: 166-261.
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: root-feeder
Association with dead wood or old trees: not saproxylic
Association with dead wood or old trees: not saproxylic
Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Pitfall trapping.
