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Sogdini SEAGO gen nov A TFIC sp 01 (a species of round fungus-beetle)

Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
Classification
Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Staphylinoidea

Family: Leiodidae

Subfamily: Leiodinae

Tribe: Sogdini

Morphology
Typical length (mm): 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: — Flight intercept trapping (trough below Malaise trap) — Pitfall trapping.

Source ecological literature:
Grove, S.J. (2009b). Beetles and fuelwood harvesting: a retrospective study from Tasmania’s southern forests. Tasforests 18: 77-99.
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.iv. of Tasmania, Hobart.

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