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Probatodes plumula (Newman, 1851) (a species of longhorn-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: Chrysomeloidea

Family: Cerambycidae

Subfamily: Lamiinae

Tribe: Rhodopinini

Morphology
Typical length (mm): 10
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
Ślipiński, A. & Escalona, H. (2013). Australian longhorn beetles (Coleoptea: Cerambycidae), Volume 1: Introduction and Subfamily Lamiinae. CSIRO publishing, 504 pp.

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

Ecological attributes:Acacia dealbata is a host-plant (Bashford, 1990a) — Breeds in dead or dying Acacia dealbata trees (Bashford, 1991) — Can inflict significant damage on Acacia spp. (Elliott & deLittle, 1985).

Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — At light (with use of light-trap) — Baited trapping (funnel trap) — Hand collection (substrate not specified) — Not specified — Panel trapping — Pitfall trapping — Rearing in insectary (host not documented) — Rearing in insectary from Acacia dealbata — Rearing in insectary from Acacia mearnsii — Sticky trapping on Acacia dealbata — Sticky trapping on Acacia melanoxylon.

Source ecological literature:
Bashford, R. (1990a). Tasmanian forest insects and their host plants: records from the Tasmanian Forestry Commission insect collection. Hobart: Tas. Forestry Commission, 32 pages.
Bashford, R. (1991). Wood-boring Coleoptera and associated insects reared from Acacia dealbata Link in Tasmania. Aust. Entom. Mag. 18 (3): 103-110.
Elliott, H.J. & deLittle, D.W. (1985). Insect pests of trees and timber in Tasmania. Hobart: Tas. Forestry Commission, 90 pages.
Grove, S.J. & Yaxley, B. (2005). Wildlife habitat strips and native forest ground-active beetle assemblages in plantation nodes in northeast Tasmania. Aust. J. Entom. 44 (4): 331-343.

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