Tenerus abbreviatus White, 1849 (a species of checkered 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: Cleroidea

Family: Cleridae

Subfamily: Korynetinae

Morphology

Typical length (mm): 15
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Ecology

Assumed larval feeding: predator
Association with dead wood or old trees: (not yet documented)

Ecological attributes: — Found in stems of Eucalyptus obliqua, where predatory on larvae of Epithora dorsalis (Bashford, 1994) — Has a one-year life-cycle (Bashford, 1994).

Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Malaise trapping — Sticky trapping on Eucalyptus obliqua — Vane trapping.

Source ecological literature:
Bashford, R. (1994). Life history and mortality of the longicorn Epithora dorsalis MacLeay (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in Tasmania. Aust. Entom. 21 (4): 125-136.
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.