Notolioon simplicicornis (Lea, 1907) (a species of moss-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. (as Pedilophorus simplicicornis)

TMAG collections

Classification

Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Byrrhoidea

Family: Byrrhidae

Subfamily: Byrrhinae

Morphology

Typical length (mm): 3
Flightedness: functionally flightless

Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
Lawrence, J.F., Ślipiński, A. Jäger, O. & Pütz, A. (2013). The Australian Byrrhinae (Coleoptera: Byrrhidae) with descriptions of new genera and species. Zootaxa 3745:301-29.
*Lea, A.M. (1907). Catalogue of the Australian and Tasmanian Byrrhidae; with descriptions of new species. Trans. Roy. Entom. Soc. Lond. 55 (1): 135-146.

Ecology

Assumed larval feeding: moss-feeder

Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Pitfall trapping