Sphargeris physodes Pascoe, 1860 (a species of darkling-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. (as Sphargeris physoides)
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea
Family: Tenebrionidae
Subfamily: Lagriinae
Tribe: Chaerodini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 6
Flightedness: (not yet documented)
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: (not yet documented)
Association with dead wood or old trees: none
Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Hand collection (substrate not specified) — Hand collection from strandline shell-grit.
