Enicmus REIKE sp nov 2 (a species of minute brown scavenger-beetle)

Typical length (mm): 1.4
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Morphology (characterised by L. Forster): — Elytra smooth, with transverse depression towards base — Pronotum with barely perceptible, smooth, lateral flange along anterior half, and with transverse depression where flange ends basally.

Assumed larval feeding: fungus-feeder
Association with dead wood or old trees: at least facultatively saproxylic

Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Emergence trapping from cut billets of Eucalyptus obliqua (Harrison, 2007) — Knockdown fogging of canopy of Nothofagus cunninghamii — Knockdown spraying of bark of Eucalyptus obliqua — Malaise trapping — Pitfall trapping — Sticky trapping on Eucalyptus obliqua.

Source ecological literature:
Grove, S.J. (2009b). Beetles and fuelwood harvesting: a retrospective study from Tasmania’s southern forests. Tasforests 18: 77-99.
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.