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Colon TFIC sp 10 (a species of round fungus-beetle)

Basis for Tasmanian occurrence

TMAG collections

Classification

Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Staphylinoidea

Family: Leiodidae

Subfamily: Coloninae

Morphology

Typical length (mm): 2.3
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Ecology

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

Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Pitfall trapping.

Source ecological literature:
Baker, S.C. (2006b). Ecology and conservation of ground-dwelling beetles in managed wet eucalypt forest: edge and riparian effects. PhD thesis, Univ. of Tasmania, Hobart.

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