
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

