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Psammoecus TFIC sp 01 (a species of silvan flat-bark-beetle)

Basis for Tasmanian occurrence

TMAG collections

Classification

Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Cucujoidea

Family: Silvanidae

Subfamily: Brontinae

Morphology

Typical length (mm): 3
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Ecology

Assumed larval feeding: detritivore
Association with dead wood or old trees: at least facultatively saproxylic

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

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