Myrabolia malgosiae (a species of myraboliid beetle)
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
Szawaryn, K. & Tomaszewska, W. (2011). Three new species of Myrabolia Reitter (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Myraboliidae). Annales Zoologici 61(2): 367-374. (as Myrabolia malgosiae)
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Cucujoidea
Family: Myraboliidae
Morphology
Typical length (mm): (not yet documented)
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
*Szawaryn, K. & Tomaszewska, W. (2011). Three new species of Myrabolia Reitter (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Myraboliidae). Annales Zoologici 61(2): 367-374..
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: detritivore
Association with dead wood or old trees: at least facultatively saproxylic
