Southern Downs BeetlesChristmas Beetle (Anoplognathus porosus) Dung Beetle (Onthophagus dandalu) Golden Stag Beetle (Lamprima aurata) Plague Soldier Beetle Punctate Flower Chafer Beetle Red-blue Banded Leaf Beetle Reddish-brown Flower Beetle (Aphanestes gymnopleura) Silver Wattle Leaf Beetle (Calomela ioptera) Small Cypress Jewel Beetle (Diadoxus erythrurus) Talaurinus fergusoni Tortoise Beetle (Paropsis maculata)
Commonly known as the Australian Weevil or the Broad-nosed Weevil (Talaurinus fergusoni) is a tough looking weevil with short, broad snout and elbowed antennae. It is black in colour with some small white spots on flanks and legs. They are usually found on the ground, in coastal scrub, especially where there are Maleleuca trees.
This ground-dwelling weevil, Talaurinus fergusoni (Curculionidae), is one of the hardest beetles. It has an almost impenetrable exoskeleton.
Source: A Guide to the Beetles of Australia, By George Hangay, Paul Zborowski
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Coleoptera
- Suborder: Polyphaga
- Superfamily: Curculionoidea
- Family: Curculionidae
- Subfamily: Cyclominae
- Tribe: Amycterini
- Genus: Talaurinus
- Species: Talaurinus fergusoni
Footnote & References
- Marc Newman, Flickr
- A Guide to the Beetles of Australia, authors George Hangay, Paul Zborowski, CSIRO Publishing, ISBN 9780643100121 p5
- Talaurinus fergusoni Carter, 1937, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/b72ecc8c-58d3-4815-96ba-fa694227a235
Southern Downs BeetlesChristmas Beetle (Anoplognathus porosus) Dung Beetle (Onthophagus dandalu) Golden Stag Beetle (Lamprima aurata) Plague Soldier Beetle Punctate Flower Chafer Beetle Red-blue Banded Leaf Beetle Reddish-brown Flower Beetle (Aphanestes gymnopleura) Silver Wattle Leaf Beetle (Calomela ioptera) Small Cypress Jewel Beetle (Diadoxus erythrurus) Talaurinus fergusoni Tortoise Beetle (Paropsis maculata)
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