Pseudomorychus mixtus (Lea, 1907)  (a species of moss-beetle)

Typical length (mm): 3
Flightedness: functionally flightless

Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
Lawrence, J.F., Ślipiński, A. Jäger, O. & Pütz, A. (2013). The Australian Byrrhinae (Coleoptera: Byrrhidae) with descriptions of new genera and species. Zootaxa 3745:301-29.
*Lea, A.M. (1907). Catalogue of the Australian and Tasmanian Byrrhidae; with descriptions of new species. Trans. Roy. Entom. Soc. Lond. 55 (1): 135-146.

Assumed larval feeding: moss-feeder
Association with dead wood or old trees: at least facultatively saproxylic

Ecological attributes: — Affliliated with young (ex-clearfelled) forest (Baker, 2006a) — May occupy logs or trunks of Eucalyptus obliqua, at least temporarily, since found having emerged within six years of felling (Grove et al., 2009).

Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Emergence trapping from log of Eucalyptus obliqua — Knockdown fogging of canopy of Nothofagus cunninghamii — Pitfall trapping.

Source ecological literature:
Baker, S.C. (2000). Forest litter beetles and their habitat: a comparison of forest regenerated by wildfire and logging practices. Hons. thesis, Univ. of Tasmania, Hobart.
Baker, S.C. (2006b). Ecology and conservation of ground-dwelling beetles in managed wet eucalypt forest: edge and riparian effects. PhD thesis, Univ. of Tasmania, Hobart.
Grove, S. et al. (2009). A long-term experimental study of saproxylic beetle … succession in Tasmanian Eucalyptus … logs… In: Fattorini, S. (Ed.), Insect Ecology and Conservation. Research Signpost, pp. 71-114.
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.