Rhinotia sparsa
A belid weevil at Majura, ACT
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| Rhinotia sparsa | KimPullen | 20 Mar 2019 | |
| Rhinotia sparsa | jb2602 | 11 Mar 2019 | |
| Rhinotia edentula | jb2602 | 10 Mar 2019 |
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User's notes
Proportions #0496: Length 10; Rostrum 1.7; Eye 0.81; Pronotum 1.5; Elytra 7.8. Brown in colour; Elytra not upturned at apex; Single setae line on top of pronotum; patches of setae all along sutural line; Eyebrows; Large eye; short rostrum; Steep forehead / rostrum angle.
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12 Mar 2019
This is more like sparsa than edentula. Reasons: Width / length = 26 % not 16 %; Elytra overhang = 3 % not 10 %; Apex concave not straight.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.155184-35.265667
- Maps Mount Ainslie
- Places Majura, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 1 Feb 2019 02:04 PM Recorded on
- jb2602 Recorded by
- Black wattle Associated plant
Collections
- Insects Weevils (Curculionoidea) Beetles (Coleoptera) jb2602 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Rhinotia sparsa
Species information
- Rhinotia sparsa Scientific name
- A belid weevil Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 790.3m Recorded at altitude
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