Lagrioida australis Champion, 1895 (a species of ant-like flower-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.

TMAG collections

Classification

Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea

Family: Anthicidae

Subfamily: Anthicinae

Morphology

Typical length (mm): 4

Ecology

Associated with beach debris, where probably predacious on small arthropods living among wrack.