Priastichus tasmanicus Crowson, 1973 (a species of priasilphid 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 Priastichus tasmanicus)

Typical length (mm): 4
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
*Crowson, R.A. (1973). Further Observations on Phloeostichidae and Cavognathidae, with Definitions of New Genera. Col. Bull. 27 (2): 54-62.
Lawrence, J.F. & Britton, E.B. (1994). Australian Beetles. Melbourne: CSIRO. Melbourne University Press.

Assumed larval feeding: detritivore
Association with dead wood or old trees: obligately saproxylic

Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Sticky trapping on Eucalyptus obliqua.

Source ecological literature:
Harrison, K.S. (2007). Saproxylic beetles associated with habitat features in Eucalyptus obliqua trees in the southern forests of Tasmania. PhD thesis, Dept. of Zoology, Univ. of Tasmania, Hobart.