Rhipicera femorata Kirby, 1818 (a species of feather-horned beetle)

Semmens, T.D., McQuillan, P.B. & Hayhurst, G. (1992). Catalogue of the Insects of Tasmania. Government of Tasmania: Department of Primary Industry, 104 pp. (as Rhipicera femorata)

TMAG collections

Typical length (mm): 20
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Assumed larval feeding: parasitoid (on cicada nymphs)
Association with dead wood or old trees: not saproxylic

Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Baited trapping (funnel trap) — Pipe trapping — Sticky trapping on Eucalyptus camaldulensis — Sticky trapping on Eucalyptus globulus — Vane trapping.

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.