Carpophilus hemipterus (Linnaeus, 1758) (a species of fruit-beetle)

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 Carpophilus hemipterus)

TMAG collections

Introduced (from Europe)

Typical length (mm): 4
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

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