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Carpelimus exiguus (Erichson, 1839) (a species of rove-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 Trogophlaeus exiguus)

Non-native (European origin)

Classification

Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Staphylinoidea

Family: Staphylinidae

Subfamily: Oxytelinae

Tribe: Oxytelini

Morphology

Typical length (mm): 2
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Ecology

(ecology not yet documented)

Carpelimus exiguus
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