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Pseudomicrocara olliffi​ (Blackburn, 1892) (a species of marsh-beetle)

Basis for Tasmanian occurrence

Watts, C.H.S, Bradford, T.M., Cooper, S.J.B & Libonatti, T.M. (2020). New genera, species and combinations in the Pseudomicrocara Armstrong group (Coleoptera: Scirtidae) based on morphology supported by mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequence data. Zootaxa 4831: 1 -66.​ (as Pseudomicrocara olliffi)

Classification

Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Scirtoidea

Family: Scirtidae

Morphology

Typical length (mm): (not yet documented)
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Publications on taxonomy and morphology (*primary taxonomic source, where identified)
Zwick, P. (2013). Australian marsh beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae). 4. Two new genera, Austrocyphon and Tasmanocyphon. Zootaxa 3706(1): 1-74.

Ecology

(ecology not yet documented)

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