Sirrhas variegatus Lawrence, 1994 (a species of promecheilid beetle)
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea
Family: Promecheilidae
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 11
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
*Lawrence, J.F. (1994). The larva of Sirrhas variegatus, sp. nov., with notes on the Perimylopidae, Ulodidae (stat. nov.), Zopheridae and Chalcodryidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea). Invert. Taxon. 8 (2): 329-349.
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: (not yet documented)
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: — Baited trapping (funnel trap) — Malaise trapping — Vane trapping.
