Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
Classification
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Byrrhoidea
Family: Byrrhidae
Subfamily: Byrrhinae
Morphology
Flightedness: functionally flightless
Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
Lawrence, J.F., Ślipiński, A. Jäger, O. & Pütz, A. (2013). The Australian Byrrhinae (Coleoptera: Byrrhidae) with descriptions of new genera and species. Zootaxa 3745:301-29.
Ecology
Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Hand collection (substrate not specified).
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.
Yee, M. et al. (2006). Brown rot in inner heartwood: why large logs support characteristic … beetle assemblages … In Grove, S.J. & Hanula, J.L. (eds.) Insect biodiv. and dead wood, pages 42-56. USDA For. Serv., SRS.
