Dasytomima rachelae (a species of false blister-beetle)
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
Lawrence, J.F. (2005). Dasytomima, a new genus of Australian Oedemeridae and its relationship to Polypria Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea). Annales Zoologici 55(4): 663-676. (as Dasytomima rachelae)
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea
Family: Oedemeridae
Subfamily: Polypriinae
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 5
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Source literature on taxonomoy and morphology (*primary source)
*Lawrence, J.F. (2005). Dasytomima, a new genus of Australian Oedemeridae and its relationship to Polypria Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea). Annales Zoologici 55(4): 663-676.
Ecology
(ecology not yet documented)
Winter-active
