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Tasmangarica chisholmi Hall, 1999 (a species of feather-winged beetle)

Basis for Tasmanian occurrence

Hall, W. (1999). Generic Revision of the Tribe Nanosellini (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae: Ptiliinae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 125(1): 39-126. (as Tasmangarica chisholmi)

Classification

Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Staphylinoidea

Family: Ptiliidae

Subfamily: Ptiliinae

Tribe: Nanosellini

Morphology

Typical length (mm): (not yet documented)
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Ecology

Assumed larval feeding: fungivore
Association with dead wood or old trees: at least facultatively saproxylic

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