Bitoma occidentalis Carter & Zeck, 1937 (a species of cylindrical bark-beetle)
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 Bitoma occidentalis)
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea
Family: Zopheridae
Subfamily: Colydiinae
Tribe: Colydiini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 5
Flightedness: winged and capable of flight
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: wood-feeder
Association with dead wood or old trees: obligately saproxylic
