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Telala ECZ sp 03 (a species of fungus-weevil)

Basis for Tasmanian occurrence

Zimmerman, E.C. (1992). Australian Weevils vol. VI. CSIRO publishing, 707 pages..(as Telala new species 3)

Classification

Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Curculionoidea

Family: Anthribidae

Subfamily: Anthribinae

Morphology

Typical length (mm): 5.7
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
Zimmerman, E.C. (1992). Australian Weevils vol. VI. CSIRO publishing, 707 pages.

Ecology

Assumed larval feeding: fungus-feeder
Association with dead wood or old trees: obligately saproxylic

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