Telala ECZ sp 03 (a species of fungus-weevil)
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
Zimmerman, E.C. (1992). Australian Weevils vol. VI. CSIRO publishing, 707 pages..(as Telala new species 3)
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Curculionoidea
Family: Anthribidae
Subfamily: Anthribinae
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 5.7
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
Zimmerman, E.C. (1992). Australian Weevils vol. VI. CSIRO publishing, 707 pages.
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: fungus-feeder
Association with dead wood or old trees: obligately saproxylic
