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Tympanogaster costata (Deane, 1933) (a species of minute moss-beetle)

Basis for Tasmanian occurrence

Australian Faunal Directory

Classification

Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Staphylinoidea

Family: Hydraenidae

Subfamily: Ochthebiinae

Tribe: Ochthebiini

Morphology

Typical length (mm): (not yet documented)
Flightedness: (not yet documented)

Information on taxonomy or morphology (*primary taxonomic source)
Perkins, P.D. (2006). A revision of the Australian humicolous and hygropetric water beetle genus Tympanogaster Perkins, and comparative morphology of the Meropathina (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). Zootaxa 1346(1346):1-396.

Ecology

(ecology not yet documented)

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