
Sitarida scabriceps Lea, 1914 (a species of wedge-shaped 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 Sitarida scabriceps)
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea
Family: Ripiphoridae
Subfamily: Hemirhipidinae
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 9.5
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Ecology
(ecology not yet documented)
A parasitoid of other insects
