Taenioderini, Krikken, 1984

Vendl, Tomáš, VONDRÁýEK, Dominik, Kubá, VítČzslav & Šípek, Petr, 2014, Immature stages of Taenioderini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae): a report of hidden morphological diversity, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 54 (2), pp. 571-604 : 601

Biology of Taenioderini

Based on our observations, Taenioderini do not markedly differ in their ecological preferences from other Cetoniinae sensu stricto. We collected either larvae or adults of several species associated with compact, rotten dead wood, often with white fungi. The larvae of Chalcothea neglecta , Euselates cineraceus , Coilodera penicillata , Plectrone borneensis Mikšiü, 1973 , Ixorida sp. and Taeniodera spp. were found in such conditions. Two females of Meroloba suturalis were observed in galleries of passalid beetles in a dead tree trunk near Sukau in Sabah, Borneo. An adult Clerota brahma Gestro, 1879 was chopped out of a rotten standing trunk inhabited by passalid beetles and Odontolabis sp. stag beetle ( Coleoptera : Lucanidae ) in Cameron Highlands, Malaysia. In contrast, only a single larva of P. borneensis was found under epiphytic orchids and ferns. In captivity, the larvae developed well on a diet composed of soft, compact pieces of rotten beech ( Fagus sp. ) wood and ground leaf litter of deciduous trees.