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Rhynolaccus formicarius
Looking like a small shiny black ant, this is a small weevil about 4 mm long with a rounded abdomen and thorax and a slightly curved snout and short straight antennae.
Legs were shiny black with thick femurs.
Spotted on wattle
Family: Brentidae
Subfamily: Apioninae
Weevils in this family are primitive weevils which are mostly xylophagous (wood eating),
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:...
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Looks like an ant.