Weevil

Sternuchopsis fabricii

Description:

A pair of antenna with light whitish and dark brown strips on the elytra Length : ~5mm Season : Rainy season Time : 3:30 am

Habitat:

Spotted inside the car parking very close to open abandoned area with lot of plants

Notes:

Must be some species of weevil

1 Species ID Suggestions

Ornithoptera80 2 years ago

Weevil

Sternuchopsis fabricii Sternuchopsis fabricii from Chintadripet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India on March 11, 2020 at 05:03 PM by Subash Jeyan.about half a centimetre long · iNaturalist

8 Comments

m.prasad.369 2 years ago

Another spotting with different pattern : https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/72...

SukanyaDatta 2 years ago

Common name and scientific name placed in their correct boxes for you.

m.prasad.369 2 years ago

@Ornithoptera80,
It is clear now. Thank you for the clarification! :)

Ornithoptera80 2 years ago

It is the same species. Sternuchopsis fabricii is a very variable beetle, with different forms. These are some variable forms linked below.
1: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations...
2: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations...
3:https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/63310477

m.prasad.369 2 years ago

Thank you folks for your suggestions. :)
@Ornithoptera80,
One small clarification. In your link, the inner pair of white stripes is equal in length when compared to outer pair. In above spotting it is short. Is it a ignorable difference to categorise it as a different species?

Võ Anh Tuấn 2 years ago

Ornithoptera80,
Thanks.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1020791...

Ornithoptera80 2 years ago

I looked at the Research gate link earlier today. The species Alcidodes karelinii is from parts of the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle Asia, not India. The only Indian representation that matches is Sternuchopsis fabricii. Both species look the same, but found in two different regions.