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Nemognathini unplaced sp TMAG_F101079 (a species of blister-beetle)

Basis for Tasmanian occurrence

TMAG collections

Classification

Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea

Family: Meloidae

Subfamily: Nemognathinae

Tribe: Nemognathini

Morphology

Typical length (mm): 7
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Source literature on taxonomy and morphology (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
Bologna, M.A., Turco, F. & Pinto, J.D. (2013). The Meloidae (Coleoptera) of Australasia: a generic review, descriptions of new taxa, and a challenge to the current definition of subfamilies posed by exceptional variation in male genitalia. Invertebrate Systematics 27: 391–427.

Ecology

(ecology not yet documented)

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