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Lestignathus simsoni Bates, 1878 (a species of ground-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: Adephaga

Superfamily: Caraboidea

Family: Carabidae

Subfamily: Harpalinae

Tribe: Licinini

Morphology

Typical length (mm): 14
Flightedness: functionally flightless

Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
Sloane, T.G. (1920). The Carabidae of Tasmania. Proc. Linn. Soc. NSW 45: 113-178.

Ecology

(ecology not yet documented)

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