Trogoxylon ypsilon Lesne, 1937 (a species of false powderpost-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: Bostrichoidea

Family: Bostrichidae

Subfamily: Lyctinae

Tribe: Trogoxylini

Morphology

Typical length (mm): 4
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Ecology

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

Ecological attributes: — Breeds in dead or dying Acacia dealbata trees (Bashford, 1991).

Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Rearing in insectary from Acacia mearnsii.

Source ecological literature:
Bashford, R. (1991). Wood-boring Coleoptera and associated insects reared from Acacia dealbata Link in Tasmania. Aust. Entom. Mag. 18 (3): 103-110.