Cafius australis (L. Redtenbacher, 1868) (a species of rove-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 Cafius australis)
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Staphylinoidea
Family: Staphylinidae
Subfamily: Staphylininae
Tribe: Staphylinini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 12
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: predator
Associated with shoreline wrack, where predatory on associated arthropods
