Ptomaphila lacrymosa (a species of carrion-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 Ptomaphila lacrymosa)
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Staphylinoidea
Family: Silphidae
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 25
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
Lawrence, J.F. & Britton, E.B. (1994). Australian Beetles. Melbourne: CSIRO. Melbourne University Press.
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: carrion-feeder
Association with dead wood or old trees: not saproxylic
Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — At light (with use of light-trap) — Hand collection from Eucalyptus viminalis — Pitfall trapping.
Source ecological literature:
Daley, E. (2007). Wings: an introduction to Tasmania’s winged insects. Hobart: 40 Degrees South Pty. Ltd., 236 pages.
