Typhaea stercorea (a species of hairy fungus-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 Typhaea stercorea).
Non-native (European origin)
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Tenebrionoidea
Family: Mycetophagidae
Subfamily: Mycetophaginae
Tribe: Typhaeini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): (not yet documented)
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Ecology
Associated with mould-infested stored foodstuffs.
