(a species of marsh-beetle)
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Scirtoidea
Family: Scirtidae
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 2.1
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: detritivore
Association with dead wood or old trees: not saproxylic
Ecological attributes: — Affiliated with bark on non-wounded trees (Harrison, 2007).
Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Baited trapping (funnel trap) — Knockdown fogging of canopy of Nothofagus cunninghamii — Log-mounted flight intercept trapping — Pitfall trapping — Sticky trapping on Eucalyptus obliqua — Trunk window trapping (Harrison, 2007).
Source ecological literature:
Harrison, K.S. (2007). Saproxylic beetles associated with habitat features in Eucalyptus obliqua trees in the southern forests of Tasmania. PhD thesis, Dept. of Zoology, Univ. of Tasmania, Hobart.
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.
