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Ahasverus advena (Waltl, 1834) (foreign grain-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 Ahasverus advena)

Non-native (origin unclear)

Classification

Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Cucujoidea

Family: Silvanidae

Subfamily: Silvaninae

Morphology

Typical length (mm): (not yet determined)
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Ecology

Assumed larval feeding: detritivore
Association with dead wood or old trees: obligately saproxylic

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