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Photo by ChunXingWong
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Field Notes

Description:

A light brown-colored fungus weevil with some dark brown patterns.
It's length is about 1cm / 10mm. Litocerus sp.

Habitat:

Plants of Kinabalu park, Kundasang, Sabah, Malaysia.

Notes:

>>>Map accuracy : 200m radius. Not so rare but unfortunately I did not get a good photo. Special thanks to thaptor for the ID

Species ID Suggestions

Fungus weevil

Litocerus sp.
thaptor
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Comments (5)
thaptor
genus ID tentative. Has last three antennal segments about equal (middle one smaller in similar genus Acorynus), and a cross pattern on pronotum, which I think does not occur outside these two genera.
Mark Ridgway
Ah well done Chun. Anthribidae family name to go in here? It still looks unusual for a weevil even if it is a common one. Longish thin legs and antennae.
ChunXingWong
Hi Mark, finally after 2 years I managed to identify this as Anthribidae weevils. Similar species : https://www.flickr.com/photos/liewwk/3532486484/ http://www.natureloveyou.sg/Minibeast-Beetle/Fungus%20Weevil1/Main.html
ChunXingWong
Yes, those 2 black hemispheres on it's head are it's eyes. I'll try to search for this species again and take a clear, detailed picture of it next time.
Mark Ridgway
Really need a shot of mouth parts and front for good ID - might be common there but nowhere else in the universe. If those black things are its eyes maybe not weevil.?

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PublishedDecember 19, 2011

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