Pseudometyrus sirius (Erichson, 1842) (a species of weevil)
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
Semmens, T.D., McQuillan, P.B. & Hayhurst, G. (1992). Catalogue of the Insects of Tasmania. Government of Tasmania: Department of Primary Industry, 104 pp. (as Pseudometyrus sirius)
TMAG collecctions
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Curculionoidea
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Molytinae
Tribe: Cryptorhynchini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 10
Flightedness: (not yet documented)
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: wood-feeder
Association with dead wood or old trees: obligately saproxylic
