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Australphilus saltus Watts, 1978 (a species of diving-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 Australphilus saltus)

Classification

Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Adephaga

Superfamily: Caraboidea

Family: Dytiscidae

Subfamily: Laccophilinae

Morphology

Typical length (mm): 3
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Ecology

(ecology not yet documented)

Australphilus saltus
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