Hypodacnella tasmaniae (a species of minute bark-beetle)
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Coccinelloidea
Family: Euxestidae
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 3
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
Slipinski, S.A. (1988). Revision of the Australian Cerylonidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea). Ann. Zool. Polsk. Akad. Nauk, Inst. Zool. 30 (V): 1-72.
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: fungus-feeder
Association with dead wood or old trees: at least facultatively saproxylic
Association with dead wood or old trees: at least facultatively saproxylic
Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Hand collection (substrate not specified).
Source ecological literature:
Harrison, K.S. (2007). Saproxylic beetles associated with habitat features in Eucalyptus obliqua trees in the southern forests of Tasmania. PhD thesis, Dept. of Zoology, Univ. of Tasmania, Hobart.
