Heteromastix tasmaniensis Lea, 1921 (a species of soldier-beetle)

Basis for Tasmanian occurrence

Semmens, T.D., McQuillan, P.B. & Hayhurst, G. (1992). Catalogue of the Insects of Tasmania. Government of Tasmania: Department of Primary Industry, 104 pp.

Classification

Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Elateroidea

Family: Cantharidae

Subfamily: Dysmorphocerinae

Morphology

Typical length (mm): 4.5 mm
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Ecology

Assumed larval feeding: predator