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Thyreocephalus australis Bordoni, 2005 (a species of rove-beetle)

Basis for Tasmanian occurrence

Bordoni, A. (2005). Revision of the Xantholinini of Australia (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). 152nd contribution to the knowledge of the Staphylinidae”, Ed. Daccordi, M. & Giachino, P.M. (eds), Results of the Zoological Missions to Australia of the Regional Museum of Natural Sciences of Turin, Italy. II., pp. pp. 435-614 (as Thyreocephalus australis)

Classification

Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Staphylinoidea

Family: Staphylinidae

Subfamily: Staphylininae

Tribe: Xantholinini

Morphology

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

Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
*Bordoni, A. (2005). Revision of the Xantholinini of Australia (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). 152nd contribution to the knowledge of the Staphylinidae”, Ed. Daccordi, M. & Giachino, P.M. (eds), Results of the Zoological Missions to Australia of the Regional Museum of Natural Sciences of Turin, Italy. II., pp. pp. 435-614

Ecology

Assumed larval feeding: predator

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