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Long-clubbed Weevil

Aporhina pulchra

Photo by Felix Fleck
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Description:

Thanks to PN user thaptor (http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/12046041), I've finally been able to ID this guy (hope I'm correct)! Many thanks! The picture is far from great, but I thought the spotting is interesting.

Weevil of about 8mm from snout to tip of the abdomen; orange in colour with black head and a cross-shaped black stripe running from behind the head over thorax and elytra, extending laterally over the two conspicuous spines on the weevil's rear end; legs and straight clubbed antennae are also black.

Habitat:

Rainforest around lake Eacham in the Atherton Tablelands in Far North Queensland, Australia.

Reference Links:

Aporhina | Atlas of Living Australia

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (12)
Felix Fleck
Thanks Leuba! I do specialise in photography and think the picture isn't that great. It still shows the animal well enough. :-)
Leuba Ridgway
...and Felix, if photography was the focus, half my spottings wouldn't stand a chance ! :) I did not register your comment -the photo is great, really.
Jim Nelson
Actually, I take issue with one of your comments above, Felix. I think the photo is pretty good. Nice spotting!
thaptor
I think, it is an uncommon species generally. ALA has only one record: http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:fbd7f0a9-5c29-4d91-bcd3-68ae1e5fa3a9
Felix Fleck
Thank you Daniele and Liana. It took me several years to actually ID it, because I couldn't find anything on it.
Liana
Cool and very special little Weevil!!! :)
DanielePralong
Special! There seems to be very little information available online about this genus.
Felix Fleck
Thanks for the confirmation, thaptor! Much appreciated. Thank you Leuba :-)
Leuba Ridgway
Great looking weevil ! They don't make them this interesting down South. Thanks for sharing this Felix.
thaptor
Yes, Felix, this is the one! (formerly called A. splendida Blackburn, 1894 - did not find out why the name changed in 2004)

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