Epichorius sorenseni (Brookes, 1951) (a species of moss-beetle)

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 Pedilophorus simplicicornis)

Typical length (mm): (not yet documented)
Flightedness: functionally flightless

Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
Watt, J.C. (1971). Entomology of the Aucklands and other islands south of New Zealand: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Byrrhidae, Ptinidae, Tenebrionidae. Pacific Insects Monograph 27: 193-224.

Assumed larval feeding: moss-feeder

This species is endemic to Macquarie Island and other subantarctic islands on the Campbell Ridge.

Source Ecological Literature:
Watt, J.C. (1971). Entomology of the Aucklands and other islands south of New Zealand: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Byrrhidae, Ptinidae, Tenebrionidae. Pacific Insects Monograph 27: 193-224.