A new eucalypt host plant and ecological notes for adult green and gold stag beetle Lamprima aurata (Scarabaeoidea: Lucanidae) in North West Tasmania

摘要

The Lamprima stag beetles have a very complex taxonomic history with > 30 synonyms in use across the genus at various times. This history is explained by poor taxonomy which typically focussed on variation in trivial features such as colour, size, body proportions and surface sculpture (Reid, et al. 2018). A recent taxonomic revision of Lamprima recognises five species： one in New Guinea (L. adolphinae Gestro, 1875),two on isolated western Pacific islands (L. aenea Fabricius, 1792: Norfolk Island; L insularis W.J.Macleay, 1885: Lord Howe Island), one in north eastern New South Wales (L imberbis Carter, 1926) and a common widespread species in eastern and southern Australia (L aurata Latreille, 1817) (Reid, et a/ 2018). Lamprima aurata is widespread in coastal and near coastal mainland Australia from Cooktown in northern Queensland to the southern coast of Victoria and west from the Lakes Entrance, Victoria to Geraldton in Western Australia (Reid, et a/ 2018). Lamprima aurata is common and widespread in eastern and coastal Tasmania including the larger Bass Strait islands (Fearn 1996; Reid, et al /2018).