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Cnecosa insueta (Crotch, 1876) (a species of pleasing 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 Cnecosa insueta)

TMAG collections

Classification

Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Cucujoidea

Family: Erotylidae

Subfamily: Erotylinae

Tribe: Dacnini

Morphology

Typical length (mm): 9
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Ecology

Assumed larval feeding: fungus-feeder
Association with dead wood or old trees: at least facultatively saproxylic

 

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