Tasmosalpingus Explained

Tasmosalpingus is the only genus in the beetle family Tasmosalpingidae (superfamily Cucujoidea). There are two species in Tasmosalpingus, found in Australia in Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales.[1] Adults have been collected using malaise traps, while a possible larval specimen was found under the bark of the podocarp Phyllocladus aspleniifolius. Gut contents indicate that they are mycophagous, feeding on fungal hyphae.

Species

These species belong to the genus Tasmosalpingus:

Notes and References

  1. Liu . Zhenhua . Porch . Nicholas . Ślipiński . Adam . 2023-06-09 . Review of the Australian endemic genus Tasmosalpingus Lea, 1919 (Coleoptera, Cucujoidea, Tasmosalpingidae) . Zootaxa . 5301 . 2 . 292–300 . 10.11646/zootaxa.5301.2.9 . 1175-5334.

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