Accolabass velutinus Watts, 2009 (a species of marsh-beetle)

Watts, C.H.S. (2009). Revision of Heterocyphon Armstrong, Peneveronatus Armstrong and Accolabass Gen. Nov. (Scirtidae: Coleoptera). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 133(1): 108-149. (as Accolabass velutinus)

TMAG collections

Typical length (mm): 5
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
*Watts, C.H.S. (2009). Revision of Heterocyphon Armstrong, Peneveronatus Armstrong and Accolabass gen. nov. (Scirtidae: Coleoptera). Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Aust. 133 (1): 108-149.

Assumed larval feeding: detritivore
Association with dead wood or old trees: (not yet documented)

Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Beating vegetation (species not specified) — Knockdown fogging of canopy of Nothofagus cunninghamii — Pitfall trapping.

Source ecological literature:
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.
Harrison, K.S. (2007). Saproxylic beetles associated with habitat features in Eucalyptus obliqua trees in the southern forests of Tasmania. PhD thesis, Dept. of Zoology, Univ. of Tasmania, Hobart.