Tasmosalpingidae is a family of beetles in the superfamily Cucujoidea containing a single genus, Tasmosalpingus, with two described species, Tasmosalpingus quadrispilotus and Tasmosalpingus magnus, found in Tasmania, Victoria, and New South Wales in Australia. Adults are typically collected in malaise traps and feed on fungal hyphae, and a possible larval specimen was found beneath the bark of the podocarp tree Phyllocladus aspleniifolius. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Living or Extinct Taxonomic Rank In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Australia, found in there.
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1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ1317111, descriptionView the Source 2. Tasmosalpingidae (Wikipedia)
Introduction
Tasmosalpingus is the only genus in the beetle family Tasmosalpingidae (superfamily Cucujoidea).
- Taxonomic rank (structure-wave classification, ruling 761/926)
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