1 Terrestrial weevil at Cotter River, ACT
Identification history
| Amycterus miraculus | 2 Jun 2021 | KimPullen | ||
| Amycterus elongatus | 9 Jun 2020 | KimPullen | ||
| Amycterus abnormis | 16 Apr 2020 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unidentified | 16 Apr 2020 | trevorpreston |
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3 comments
KimPullen
wrote:
9 Jun 2020
I think this is A. elongatus, which is a bit larger than A. abnormis, and with slightly different sculpture on the elytra and pronotum. Males of A. elongatus have conspicuous earwig-like pincers extending from the abdomen, but in the image above I can't tell whether the dark object at the end of the beetle is a pincer or simply a stone.
KimPullen
wrote:
2 Jun 2021
I've changed my mind on this one - it's probably A. miraculus, which has the costae (raised lengthwise ridges) of the elytra alternately higher and lower. Although the location is written as 'Cotter River', the map indicates Piccadilly Circus which is a known locality for A. miraculus, whereas A. elongatus is a lowland species found around Canberra.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.799167-35.357500
- Altitude 1357.0m
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Cotter River, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 12 Apr 2020 11:54 AM Recorded on
- trevorpreston Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Beetles (Coleoptera) Weevils (Curculionoidea) trevorpreston
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Amycterus miraculus Scientific name
- Terrestrial weevil Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1357m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- More than one media file
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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