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Sternopriscus tasmanicus ​Sharp, 1882 (a species of diving-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 Sternopriscus tasmanicus)

Classification

Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Adephaga

Superfamily: Caraboidea

Family: Dytiscidae

Subfamily: Hydroporinae

Tribe: Hydroporini

Morphology

Typical length (mm): 3
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Source publications on taxonomy and morphology (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
Hendrich, L. & Watts, C.H.S. (2004). Taxonomic revision of the Australian genus Sternopriscus Sharp, 1882 (Coleoptera: Ditiscidae: Hydroporinae). Entomologische Rundschau 74: 75-142

Ecology

(ecology not yet documented)

Sternopriscus tasmanicus
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