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Aderus micromelas (Lea, 1917) (a species of ant-like leaf-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: Tenebrionoidea

Family: Aderidae

Morphology

Typical length (mm): (not yet documented)

Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
*Lea, A.M. (1917). Notes on some miscellaneous Coleoptera, with descriptions of new species. Part 3. Trans. Roy. Soc. S.A. 41: 121-322.

Ecology

(ecology not yet documented)

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