Scymnus tasmanicus (a species of ladybird)
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
Ślipiński, A., Pang, H. & Booth, R. (2012). Revision of the Australian Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) Part 8. Genus Scymnus Kugelann. Annales Zoologici. 62. 679-704. (as Scymnus tasmanicus)
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Coccinelloidea
Family: Coccinellidae
Subfamily: Coccinellinae
Tribe: Scymnillini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 3
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Source publications on taxonomy or morphology (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
Ślipiński, A., Pang, H. & Booth, R. (2012). Revision of the Australian Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) Part 8. Genus Scymnus Kugelann. Annales Zoologici. 62. 679-704.
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: predator
Association with dead wood or old trees: not saproxylic
