Tasmosalpingus promiscuus Lea, 1919 (a species of tasmosalpingid 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 Tasmosalpingus promiscuus)

Classification

Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Cucujoidea

Family: Tasmosalpingidae

Morphology

Typical length (mm): 2.4
Flightedness: (not yet documented)

Ecology

Assumed larval feeding: fungus-feeder
Association with dead wood or old trees: at least facultatively saproxylic