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Ptilophorus nervosa Gerstaecker, 1855​ (a species of wedge-shaped beetle)

Basis for Tasmanian occurrence

Atlas of Living Australia record(s)

Classification

Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea

Family: Ripiphoridae

Subfamily: Ptilophorinae

Morphology

Typical length (mm): 3.5
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Ecology

(ecology not yet documented)

A parasitoid of other insects

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