Ptinus exulans (a species of spider-beetle)
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
Semmens, T.D., McQuillan, P.B. & Hayhurst, G. (1992). Catalogue of the Insects of Tasmania. Government of Tasmania: Department of Primary Industry, 104 pp.
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Bostrichoidea
Family: Ptinidae
Subfamily: Ptininae
Tribe: Ptinini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 3.2
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
*Lea, A.M. (1912b). Descriptions of new species of Australian Coleoptera. Part IX. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 36: 426-478.
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: detritivore
Association with dead wood or old trees: at least facultatively saproxylic
Association with dead wood or old trees: at least facultatively saproxylic
Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Pitfall trapping.
