
Petrocyphon antarcticus Watts, 2011 (a species of marsh-beetle)
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
Watts, C.H.S. (2011). Revision of Australian Scirtidae of the Genera Chameloscyphon GEN. NOV., Daploeuros GEN. NOV., Dasyscyphon GEN. NOV., Eurycyphon GEN. NOV., Macrodascillus Carter, Petrocyphon Gen. NOV. and Spaniosdascillus Gen. NOV. (Coleoptera). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 135 (1): 66-110. (as Petrocyphon antarcticus)
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Scirtoidea
Family: Scirtidae
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 2.5
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Publications on taxonomy and morphology (*primary taxonomic source)
*Watts, C.H.S. (2011). Revision of Australian Scirtidae of the Genera Chameloscyphon GEN. NOV., Daploeuros GEN. NOV., Dasyscyphon GEN. NOV., Eurycyphon GEN. NOV., Macrodascillus Carter, Petrocyphon Gen. NOV. and Spaniosdascillus Gen. NOV. (Coleoptera). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 135 (1): 66-110.
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: detritivore
Association with dead wood or old trees: (not yet documented)
Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Pitfall trapping.
