Tasmanityrus auricomus Lea, 1911 (a species of ant-like litter-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 Tasmanityrus auricomus)
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Staphylinoidea
Family: Staphylinidae
Subfamily: Pselaphinae
Tribe: Tyrini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 2
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Ecology
(ecology not yet documented)
