Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea
Family: Anthicidae
Subfamily: Tomoderinae
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 3
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: detritivore
Association with dead wood or old trees: obligately saproxylic
Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Emergence trapping from log of Eucalyptus obliqua — Log-mounted flight intercept trapping.
Source ecological literature:
Yee, M. (2005). The ecology and habitat requirements of saproxylic beetles native to Tasmanian wet eucalypt forests: potential impacts of commercial forestry practices. PhD thesis, Univ. of Tasmania, Hobart.
