Thallis compta Erichson, 1842 (a species of pleasing fungus-beetle)

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 Thallis compta)

TMAG collections

Typical length (mm): 7
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
*Erichson, W.F. (1842). Beitrag zur Insecten-Fauna von Vandiemensland, mit besonderer Beruecksichtung der geographischen Verbreitung der Insecten. Nicolai’schen Buchhandlung 8(1): 379 pages.

Assumed larval feeding: fungus-feeder
Association with dead wood or old trees: at least facultatively saproxylic

Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Emergence trapping from log of Eucalyptus obliqua — Hand collection (substrate not specified) — Pipe trapping — Sticky trapping (substrate not specified) — Sticky trapping on Acacia dealbata — Sticky trapping on Eucalyptus camaldulensis — Sticky trapping on Eucalyptus globulus — Vane trapping.

Source ecological literature:
Yee, M. (2005). The ecology and habitat requirements of saproxylic beetles native to Tasmanian wet eucalypt forests: potential impacts of commercial forestry practices. PhD thesis, Univ. of Tasmania, Hobart.