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Cryptogasterus lawrencei Leschen, 1996 (a species of silken fungus-beetle)

Basis for Tasmanian occurrence

Leschen, R.A.B. (1996) Phylogeny and revision of the genera of Cryptophagidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea). University of Kansas science bulletin 55: 549-634. (as Cryptogasterus lawrencei)

TMAG collections

Classification

Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Cucujoidea

Family: Cryptophagidae

Subfamily: Atomariinae

Tribe: Cryptafricini

Morphology

Typical length (mm): 1.3
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Ecology

(ecology not yet documented)

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