Pelioptera minima (a species of rove-beetle)
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
Pace, R. (2005). Aleocharinae of the Australian Region collected by Dr. P. M. Giachino and Dr. M. Daccordi (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). – In: Daccordi, M. & Giachino, P. M. (Editors): Results of the Zoological Missions to Australia of the Regional Museum of Natural Sciences of Turin, Italy. II. – Monografie del Museo regionale di Scienze naturali di Torino 42: 371–434. (as Pelioptera minima)
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Staphylinoidea
Family: Staphylinidae
Subfamily: Aleocharinae
Tribe: Athetini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 1.8
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Source literature on taxonomy and morphology (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
*Pace, R. (2005). Aleocharinae of the Australian Region collected by Dr. P. M. Giachino and Dr. M. Daccordi (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). – In: Daccordi, M. & Giachino, P. M. (Editors): Results of the Zoological Missions to Australia of the Regional Museum of Natural Sciences of Turin, Italy. II. – Monografie del Museo regionale di Scienze naturali di Torino 42: 371–434.
Ecology
(ecology not yet documented)
