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Trichosalpingus niger Lea, 1920 (a species of mycterid beetle)

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. (as Trichosalpingus niger)

TMAG collections

Classification

Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea

Family: Mycteridae

Subfamily: Eurypinae

Morphology

Typical length (mm): 2.5
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Ecology

(ecology not yet documented)

Trichosalpingus niger
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