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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.

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