Neocistela ovalis (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: Alleculinae
Tribe: Alleculini
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):
Carter, H.J. (1915). Revision of the Australian Cistelidae, Order Coleoptera. Proc. Roy. Soc. Vic. 28: 52-104.
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: not yet documented
