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Amlearcha obscurior (Blackburn, 1902) (a species of fruit-beetle)

Basis for Tasmanian occurrence

TMAG collections

Classification

Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Cucujoidea

Family: Nitidulidae

Subfamily: Cryptarchinae

Tribe: Platyarchini

Morphology

Typical length (mm): 3
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Ecology

Assumed larval feeding: detritivore
Association with dead wood or old trees: at least facultatively saproxylic

Amlearcha obscurior
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