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Lyphia tasmanica Champion, 1894 (a species of darkling-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.
Classification
Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea

Family: Tenebrionidae

Subfamily: Tenebrioninae

Tribe: Triboliini

Morphology

Typical length (mm): 2 mm
Flightedness: Fully winged and capable of flight

Ecology
(ecology not yet documented)
Lyphia-tasmanica
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