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Pseudomicrocara cinctus gp TFIC sp 01 (a species of marsh-beetle)

Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
Classification

Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Scirtoidea

Family: Scirtidae

Morphology

Typical length (mm): 5
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Ecology

Assumed larval feeding: detritivore
Association with dead wood or old trees: not saproxylic

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

Source ecological literature:
Grove, S.J. & Yaxley, B. (2005). Wildlife habitat strips and native forest ground-active beetle assemblages in plantation nodes in northeast Tasmania. Aust. J. Entom. 44 (4): 331-343.
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.

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