Porrostoma occidentalis (Blackburn, 1892) (a species of net-winged beetle)
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Elateroidea
Family: Lycidae
Subfamily: Metriorrhynchinae
Tribe: Metriorrhynchini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 12
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: predator
Association with dead wood or old trees: at least facultatively saproxylic
