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Paracymus pygmaeus (W.J. Macleay, 1871) (a species of scavenging water-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 Paracymus pygmaeus)

Classification

Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Hydrophiloidea

Family: Hydrophilidae

Subfamily: Hydrophilinae

Tribe: Anacaenini

Morphology

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

Source information on taxonomy or morphology (*primary taxonomic source)
Gentili, E. (2000). The Paracymus of Australia (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae). Records of the South Australian Museum, 33 (2): 101–122

Ecology

(ecology not yet documented)

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