Heterothops pictus Lea, 1925 (a species of rove-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 Heterothops pictus)

TMAG collections

Typical length (mm): 5
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Assumed larval feeding: predator
Association with dead wood or old trees: at least facultatively saproxylic

Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Emergence trapping from cut billets of Eucalyptus obliqua (Harrison, 2007).

Source ecological literature:
Harrison, K.S. (2007). Saproxylic beetles associated with habitat features in Eucalyptus obliqua trees in the southern forests of Tasmania. PhD thesis, Dept. of Zoology, Univ. of Tasmania, Hobart.