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Aoplocnemis rufipes
Small weevils with red legs, black elytra, head, thorax with some flacks of white/ About 14mm long.
In a local nature reserve.
This weevil is appearing occasionally with a mis-spelled scientific name. 'Aoplocnemus'
family: CURCULIONIDAE
subfamily: Cyclominae
tribe: Aterpini
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Aoplocnemi...
Aoplocnemus should be Aoplocnemis. This bad spelling is being copied around the web. I have notified all parties except for Ken Harris at Morwell National Park. This is why I didn't put the ID on immediately and wasted another hour this morning. The web can be a bad thing as well as good.
Curculionidae, Aoplocnemus rufipes.
https://plus.google.com/photos/110736224...
http://www.bowerbird.org.au/observations...