Tapinocis corticalis Lea, 1913 (a species of weevil)

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

Typical length (mm): 4.8
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
Lea, A.M. (1913a). Descriptions of Australian Curculionidae, with notes on previously described species. Part X1. Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Aust. 37: 301-445

Assumed larval feeding: (not yet documented)
Association with dead wood or old trees: (not yet documented)

Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Hand collection (substrate not specified) — Knockdown spraying of bark of Eucalyptus sp. — Pitfall 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.