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Blepharhymenus sp nr apicicornis Pace, 2005 (a species of rove-beetle)

Basis for Tasmanian occurrence

Pace, R. (2005). Aleocharinae of the Australian Region collected by Dr. P. M. Giachino and Dr. M. Daccordi (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). – In: Daccordi, M. & Giachino, P. M. (Editors): Results of the Zoological Missions to Australia of the Regional Museum of Natural Sciences of Turin, Italy. II. – Monografie del Museo regionale di Scienze naturali di Torino 42: 371–434.

TMAG collections

Classification

Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Staphylinoidea

Family: Staphylinidae

Subfamily: Aleocharinae

Tribe: Oxypodini

Morphology

Typical length (mm): 3
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
*Pace, R. (2005). Aleocharinae of the Australian Region collected by Dr. P. M. Giachino and Dr. M. Daccordi (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). – In: Daccordi, M. & Giachino, P. M. (Editors): Results of the Zoological Missions to Australia of the Regional Museum of Natural Sciences of Turin, Italy. II. – Monografie del Museo regionale di Scienze naturali di Torino 42: 371–434.

Ecology

Assumed larval feeding: predator
Association with dead wood or old trees: at least facultatively saproxylic

Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Emergence trapping from log of Eucalyptus obliqua.

Source ecological literature:
Yee, M. (2005). The ecology and habitat requirements of saproxylic beetles native to Tasmanian wet eucalypt forests: potential impacts of commercial forestry practices. PhD thesis, Univ. of Tasmania, Hobart.

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