Octotemnus dilutipes (a species of minute tree-fungus-beetle)
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea
Family: Ciidae
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 2
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: fungus-feeder
Association with dead wood or old trees: obligately saproxylic
Association with dead wood or old trees: obligately saproxylic
Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Flight intercept trapping (trough below Malaise trap).
Source ecological literature:
Grove, S.J. (2009b). Beetles and fuelwood harvesting: a retrospective study from Tasmania’s southern forests. Tasforests 18: 77-99.
