
Ficicis varians Lea, 1910 (a species of bark-beetle)
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
TMAG collecctions
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Curculionoidea
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Scolytinae
Tribe: Hylesinini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 1.8
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: wood-feeder
Association with dead wood or old trees: obligately saproxylic

