(a species of minute moss-beetle)
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
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 Ochthebius australis)
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Staphylinoidea
Family: Hydraenidae
Subfamily: Ochthebiinae
Tribe: Ochthebiini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): (not yet documented)
Flightedness: (not yet documented)
Information on taxonomy or morphology (*primary taxonomic source)
Perkins, P.D. (2005). A revision of the water beetle genus Gymnochthebius Orchymont (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae) for Australia and Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa 1024: 1–161.
Ecology
(ecology not yet documented)
