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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

Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Malaise trapping.

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