(a species of silken fungus-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 “Cryptophagus” thoracicus)
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Cucujoidea
Family: Cryptophagidae
Subfamily: Atomariinae
Tribe: Atomariini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): (not yet determined)
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Ecology
Cave-dweller
