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weevil

Alcidodes praeustus

Habitat:

Found on survey track in equatorial lowland rainforest.

Notes:

Species identification based on personal communication with an expert I contacted. I have found only links with preserved images so far: http://anic.ento.csiro.au/entomid-png/ta... and http://www.bishopmuseum.org/research/nat....

1 Species ID Suggestions

Alcides praeustus Guérin-Méneville EOL: Alcides praeustus Guérin-Méneville, 1838


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11 Comments

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 12 years ago

Genus Alcides was changed to Alcidodes (by Marshall).

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 12 years ago

Thanks all!

DoraAnderson
DoraAnderson 12 years ago

Love!

Ursula
Ursula 12 years ago

it looks like eaten corn cob with black growths :) first time i see such felicitous creature. i like it alot! :)

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 12 years ago

Ha! like a loofah on a stick.

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 12 years ago

exchanged :-)

Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 12 years ago

nice weevil, but I like more the second picture

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 12 years ago

Thanks you guys!

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Interesting little critter!

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

Cool, like the colors.

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 12 years ago

Strange weevil but great spotting.

Scott Frazier
Spotted by
Scott Frazier

Indonesia

Spotted on Dec 3, 2011
Submitted on Dec 11, 2011

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