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Tenebrio obscurus Fabricius, 1792 (dark mealworm)

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.

Not native, probably of European origin

Classification

Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea

Family: Tenebrionidae

Subfamily: Tenebrioninae

Tribe: Tenebrionini

Morphology

Typical length (mm): (not yet documented)
Flightedness: (not yet documented)

Ecology

(ecology not yet documented)

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