Pseudohalme walkeri (a species of longhorn-beetle)
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
Classification
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea
Family: Cerambycidae
Subfamily: Cerambycinae
Tribe: Tillomorphini
Morphology
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Ecology
Association with dead wood or old trees: obligately saproxylic
Ecological attributes: — Acacia verniciflua is a host-plant (Bashford, 1990a) — Atherosperma moschatum is a host-plant (Bashford, 1990a) — Eucalyptus delegatensis is a host-plant (Bashford, 1990a) — Nothofagus cunninghamii is a host-plant (Bashford, 1990a).
Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Baited trapping (funnel trap) — Beating vegetation (species not specified) — Flight intercept trapping — Hand collection (substrate not specified) — Hand collection from Eucalyptus delegatensis — Hand collection from Nothofagus cunninghamii — Malaise trapping — Rearing in insectary (host not documented) — Rearing in insectary from Eucryphia lucida — Vane trapping.
Source ecological literature:
Grove, S.J. (2009b). Beetles and fuelwood harvesting: a retrospective study from Tasmania’s southern forests. Tasforests 18: 77-99.
Bashford, R. (1990a). Tasmanian forest insects and their host plants: records from the Tasmanian Forestry Commission insect collection. Hobart: Tas. Forestry Commission, 32 pages.
