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Thalycrodes mixtum​ Kirejtshuk & Lawrence, 1992 (a species of fruit-beetle)

Basis for Tasmanian occurrence

Kirejtshuk, A.G. & Lawrence, J.F. (1992). Review of the Thalycrodes complex of genera (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) endemic to the Australian Region. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 31: 119–142 (as Thalycrodes mixtum)

Tasmanian Natural Values Atlas record(s)

Classification

Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Cucujoidea

Family: Nitidulidae

Subfamily: Epuraeinae

Tribe: Epuraeini

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):
*Kirejtshuk, A.G. & Lawrence, J.F. (1992). Review of the Thalycrodes complex of genera (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) endemic to the Australian Region. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 31: 119–142.

Ecology

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

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