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Hydrochus australis Motschulsky, 1860 (a species of scavenging water-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 Hydrochus serricollis)

Classification

Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Hydrophiloidea

Family: Hydrophilidae

Subfamily: Hydrochinae

Morphology

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

Source for information on taxonomy or morphology (*primary taxonomic source)
Watts, C.H.S. (1999). Revision of Australian Hydrochus (Coleoptera: Hydrochidae). Records of the South Australian Museum 33: 1-43.

Ecology

(ecology not yet documented)

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