Omorgus tasmanicus (Blackburn, 1904) (a species of carcass-beetle)

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 Omorgus tasmanicus)

TMAG collections.

Typical length (mm): 14
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Assumed larval feeding: carrion-feeder
Association with dead wood or old trees: not saproxylic

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

Source ecological literature:
Grove, S.J. & Yaxley, B. (2005). Wildlife habitat strips and native forest ground-active beetle assemblages in plantation nodes in northeast Tasmania. Aust. J. Entom. 44 (4): 331-343