Cryptarcha politus (W.J. Macleay, 1871) (a species of fruit-beetle)
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Cucujoidea
Family: Nitidulidae
Subfamily: Cryptarchinae
Tribe: Cryptarchini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 6
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: detritivore
Association with dead wood or old trees: at least facultatively saproxylic
