Heterocyphon tasmanicus Watts, 2009 (a species of marsh-beetle)

Basis for Tasmanian occurrence

Watts, C.H.S. (2009). Revision of Heterocyphon Armstrong, Peneveronatus Armstrong and Accolabass Gen. Nov. (Scirtidae: Coleoptera). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 133(1): 108-149. (as Heterocyphon tasmanicus)

Classification

Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Scirtoidea

Family: Scirtidae

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):
*Watts, C.H.S. (2009). Revision of Heterocyphon Armstrong, Peneveronatus Armstrong and Accolabass gen. nov. (Scirtidae: Coleoptera). Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Aust. 133 (1): 108-149.

Ecology

Assumed larval feeding: detritivore
Association with dead wood or old trees: (not yet documented)