Prostomis gladiator Blackburn, 1903 (a species of red log-beetle)
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea
Family: Prostomidae
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 9
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: wood-feeder
Association with dead wood or old trees: obligately saproxylic
