Rhyzobius tasmanicus (a species of ladybird)
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
Tomaszewska, W. (2010). Rhyzobius Stephens, 1829 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), a revision of the world species. Fauna Mundi Warszawa, Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences 2: 475 pp. (as Rhyzobius tasmanicus)
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Coccinelloidea
Family: Coccinellidae
Subfamily: Coccinellinae
Tribe: Coccidulini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 1.2
Flightedness: fully winged and assumed capable of flight
Source literature on taxonomy and morphology (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
*Tomaszewska, W. (2010). Rhyzobius Stephens, 1829 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), a revision of the world species. Fauna Mundi Warszawa, Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences 2: 475 pp.
Ecology
(ecology not yet documented)
