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Rhinotia hemistictus
This 20mm long weevil was on exposed core of a well dead acacia tree. Unusual features include the pin shaped tail, double lines of cream coloured spots down its back and bright cream coloured under parts. It was 'drilling' a hole into very hard, dead wood.
Long dead acacia trunk in very open public parkland.
order: COLEOPTERA
suborder: POLYPHAGA
superfamily: CURCULIONOIDEA
family: BELIDAE
subfamily: Belinae
tribe: Belini
Thanks to RachaelB for the ID . Very sparse information exists on this one.
Distribution in Australia http://spatial.ala.org.au/?q=lsid:%22urn...
Fabulous find Rachael. Exactly it... surprising how little has been written about them. Thanks heaps for that.
I'm pretty sure I've seen that species on the net when I was searching for one of my unknown weevils - I'll see if I can find it again.
Spotted on Dec 8, 2012
Submitted on Dec 9, 2012
