Iotarphia rufobrunnea (a species of rove-beetle)
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
Lee, S.-G., Osborne, A.W. & Ahn, K.-J. (2016). A new species of Iotarphia Cameron (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from Tasmanian seacoasts, Australia. Zookeys. 2016; (632): 67–74.(as Iotarphia rufobrunnea)
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Staphylinoidea
Family: Staphylinidae
Subfamily: Aleocharinae
Tribe: Athetini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 2.4
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Source literature on taxonomy and morphology (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
*Lee, S.-G., Osborne, A.W. & Ahn, K.-J. (2016). A new species of Iotarphia Cameron (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from Tasmanian seacoasts, Australia. Zookeys. 2016; (632): 67–74.
Ecology
Associated with beached wrack – predatory on associated microarthropods
