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A shiny blue-black unidentified weevil, perhaps 3cm TL.
Spotted on vegetation along a survey transect in secondary coastal lowland mixed freshwater swamp forest/sago swamp forest.
This specimen made a great effort to elude the photographer.
Was able to track it further down to possibly
= Aporhina nitens (Snellen van Vollenhoven. 1866)
Key was old (1896), and several spp. described afterwards.
I have just invented the "common name" - the group had none yet!
Your weevil belongs in a small, ancient relict group of weevils (Eurhynchidae), characterized by straight antennae (like Brentidae) with a long, furry club (unlike Brentidae, in wich they are merged by some taxonomists).
They are found in Australia, and New Guinea exclusively.
Spotted on Jun 14, 2012
Submitted on Jun 21, 2012
