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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1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
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Introduction
Tasmosalpingus is the only genus in the beetle family Tasmosalpingidae (superfamily Cucujoidea).
- Taxonomic rank (structure-wave classification, ruling 761/926)
View the SourceWikidata: Tasmosalpingidae
Wikidata Q18606501, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Tasmosalpingus (Wikipedia)
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Tasmosalpingus is the only genus in the beetle family Tasmosalpingidae (superfamily Cucujoidea).
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