(a species of clown-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. (as Saprinus australasiae)
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Hydrophiloidea
Family: Histeridae
Subfamily: Saprininae
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 6
Flightedness: fully winged and capable of flight
Ecology
Larval feeding: predator
Ecological attributes: feeds on fly larvae at carrion
