Pseudotherebus cylindricus Lea, 1913 (a species of weevil)

TMAG collecctions

Typical length (mm):  7
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

 Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):

Lea, A.M. (1913a). Descriptions of Australian Curculionidae, with notes on previously described species. Part X1. Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Aust. 37: 301-445.

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

Ecological attributes: — Associated with mudguts (Harrison, 2007) — Associated with wet brown cubic rot (Harrison, 2007).

Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Hand collection from Eucalyptus amygdalina — Hand collection from under bark (tree species not specified) — Malaise trapping — Pitfall trapping — Rearing in insectary from Eucalyptus viminalis — Sticky trapping on Eucalyptus obliqua.

Source ecological literature:
Harrison, K.S. (2007). Saproxylic beetles associated with habitat features in Eucalyptus obliqua trees in the southern forests of Tasmania. PhD thesis, Dept. of Zoology, Univ. of Tasmania, Hobart.