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Enhypnon horridum (Carter, 1919) (a species of cylindrical bark-beetle)

Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
Classification

Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea

Family: Zopheridae

Subfamily: Colydiinae

Tribe: Colydiini

Morphology

Typical length (mm): 2.8
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
*Carter, H.J. (1919). Notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new species. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 44(1): 137-173.

Ecology

Assumed larval feeding: wood-feeder
Association with dead wood or old trees: obligately saproxylic

Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Knockdown fogging of canopy of Nothofagus cunninghamii.

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