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Brentinae

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Field Notes

Description:

Size: 2cm, it is a male, since the beak of male is broad, short, that of female long, narrow. Body is very elongate and narrow. The elytra are grooved and the sides nearly parallel. The antennas beadlike. This beetle is reddish brown to brownish black with elongate yellowish spots on elytra.

Habitat:

This species is present in Indonesia and Malaysia (Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Thailand).

Reference Links:

Eutrachelus temmincki, Species Arrhenodes minutus - Oak Timberworm - BugGuide.Net

Species ID Suggestions

Long-snouted Weevil

Brentinae

Reference Link
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Comments (5)
bayucca
Please, check my suggestion and correct your entries, thanks!
BenKula
thanks for the correction..
bayucca
Arrhenodes minutus is an US species and not found in Malaysia. You have to look for another genus/species.
BenKula
Thanks to bayucca, i manage to ID this insect~!
bayucca
Brentidae, looks like being a Brentinae, male. http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=1263490 Eutrachelus sp.??? Porbably another genus... http://www.zin.ru/animalia/coleoptera/images/h_1000/Eutrachelus_temmincki.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eutrachelus_temmincki http://www.dkimages.com/discover/Home/Animals/Invertebrates/Arthropods/Insects/Beetles/Families/Weevils/Malaysian-Brentid-Beetle/Malaysian-Brentid-Beetle-1.html Other ones: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/38-2431-32423/brentidsweb.JPG http://www.flickr.com/photos/50307457@N08/8741589152 One from US: http://www.flickr.com/photos/49465440@N07/9144430778

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PublishedNovember 7, 2013

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