Sagola CHANDLER sp Tasmania1 (a species of ant-like litter-beetle)
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Staphylinoidea
Family: Staphylinidae
Subfamily: Pselaphinae
Supertribe: Faronitae
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 2
Flightedness: (not yet documented)
Flightedness: (not yet documented)
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: predator
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: — Emergence trapping from log of Eucalyptus obliqua — Pitfall trapping.
Source ecological literature:
Yee, M. (2005). The ecology and habitat requirements of saproxylic beetles native to Tasmanian wet eucalypt forests: potential impacts of commercial forestry practices. PhD thesis, Univ. of Tasmania, Hobart.
