Myrabolia brevicornis (a species of myraboliid 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 Silvanus brevicornis)
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Cucujoidea
Family: Myraboliidae
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 2.5
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
Tomaszewska, W. & Slipinski, S.A. (2008). A review of the genus Myrabolia Reitter (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Myraboliidae). Aust. J. Entom. 47 (1): 32-50.
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: detritivore
Association with dead wood or old trees: at least facultatively saproxylic
