Telala musiva
3 Fungus weevil at suppressed
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| Telala musiva | MichaelMulvaney | 23 Apr 2024 | |
| Telala musiva | DianneClarke | 22 Apr 2024 | |
| Telala sp. (genus) | MichaelMulvaney | 21 Apr 2024 | |
| Curculionidae (family) | DianneClarke | 13 Apr 2024 |
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Significant sighting
MichaelMulvaney noted:
21 Apr 2024
!st record of genus on CNM and first electronic record for our region of genus
7 comments
20 Apr 2024
Telala Genus - resemblance to Telala new species 3, Zimmerman V1 plate 315 1,2
22 Apr 2024
I believe this is Telala musiva, of which a specimen from Piccadilly Circus ACT is figured on Plate 16 of Zimmerman's 'Australian weevils Vol. V'. As you say, Dianne, it also resembles Zimmerman's Tasmanian "Telala new species 3" figured in Vol. VI. But I can't agree that they are separate species, especially when T. musiva was originally found in Tasmania. The markings in Zimmerman's 4 images are all in the same places (allowing for individual variation), and the reddish colour of the "new species" may be a printing artefact.
Location information
- Places Jerrabomberra, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- DianneClarke Recorded by
- Less than 5mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- DianneClarke NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Weevils (Curculionoidea) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects Telala musiva Significant
Species information
- Telala musiva Scientific name
- Fungus weevil Common name
- Unknown
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 765.4m Recorded at altitude
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