An observation of Oreocalus latipennis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) being attacked by Phymatophaea longula (Coleoptera: Cleridae)

Abstract

On 30 November 2013, I collected a specimen of Phymatophaea longula Sharp (Coleoptera: Cleridae) from the Sign of the Bellbird, Port Hills, Christchurch. I placed it in a vial containing several specimens of Praolepra squamosa Broun (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), and unidentified specimens of Cantharidae and Coccinellidae. Consistent with my previous experience of collecting predatory clerid beetles, the P. longula did not molest the other occupants of the tube.