Eumecognathus tasmaniensis (a species of rove-beetle)
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
Ashe, J. (2005). Three new genera and four new species of aleocharinae staphylinids with unusually long mandibles from Australia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Homalotini). Zootaxa 1002: 21-44. (as Eumecognathus tasmaniensis)
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Staphylinoidea
Family: Staphylinidae
Subfamily: Aleocharinae
Tribe: Homalotini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): (not yet documented)
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Source literature on taxonomy and morphology (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
*Ashe, J. (2005). Three new genera and four new species of aleocharinae staphylinids with unusually long mandibles from Australia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Homalotini). Zootaxa 1002: 21-44.
Ecology
(ecology not yet documented)
