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Myrabolia malgosiae Szawaryn & Tomaszewska, 2011 (a species of myraboliid beetle)

Basis for Tasmanian occurrence

Szawaryn, K. & Tomaszewska, W. (2011). Three new species of Myrabolia Reitter (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Myraboliidae). Annales Zoologici 61(2): 367-374. (as Myrabolia malgosiae)

Classification

Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Cucujoidea

Family: Myraboliidae

Morphology

Typical length (mm): (not yet documented)
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
*Szawaryn, K. & Tomaszewska, W. (2011). Three new species of Myrabolia Reitter (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Myraboliidae). Annales Zoologici 61(2): 367-374..

Ecology

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

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