
Mysticephala TFIC sp 01 (a species of furniture-beetle)
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Bostrichoidea
Family: Ptinidae
Subfamily: Dorcatominae
Tribe: Dorcatomini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 2
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: wood-feeder
Association with dead wood or old trees: obligately saproxylic
Association with dead wood or old trees: obligately saproxylic
Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Malaise trapping.
