CurculionidaeChrysolopus spectabilis (Botany Bay Diamond Weevil) Lixus Perperus lateralis (White-striped Weevil)
The family Curculionidae are group of weevils, that are commonly called True Weevils or Snout Beetles. Curculionidae are one of the largest animal families with some 6,800 genera and 83,000 species described worldwide.
Within this group is the genus Lixus, which has about 950 described species.
For more information about the family Curculionidae, check out the links in the footnote and references below.
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- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Coleoptera
- Suborder: Polyphaga
- Superfamily: Curculionoidea
- Subfamily:
(Atlas of Living Australia had 15 subfamilies, at time of wriiting 29 Oct 2023)
Footnote & References
- Australasian Beetles Only, Facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/1180404322409639
- Lixus Fabricius, 1801, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/df1ad94e-0ea3-4f23-97c6-c04d13fc0087
- Genus Lixus, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/71157-Lixus
- All Weevil (Curculionoidea) sightings, NatureMapr, https://canberra.naturemapr.org/categories/239
CurculionidaeChrysolopus spectabilis (Botany Bay Diamond Weevil) Lixus Perperus lateralis (White-striped Weevil)
ColeopteraAmarygmus sp Anoplognathus sp Aphanestes gymnopleura Buprestidae Cerambycidae Coleoptera (Beetles) Curculionidae Digitonthophagus gazella Dung Beetle Eretes australis Helea scaphiformis Johannica gemellata (Pandorea Leaf Beetle) Ladybirds (Beetles) Lepidiota Lucanidae Neospades sp Lycidae Omorgus Paropsine Beetle Paropsisterna sp Pittosporum Leaf Beetle (Lamprolina impressicollis) Protaetia fusca Pterohelaeus sp Rhipiceridae Scarabaeidae Xylophilostenus octophyllus
InsectsBees Beetles Blattodea Butterflies Coleoptera Cicada Crabronidae Diptera Dragonflies & Damselflies Formicidae Hemiptera Heteroptera (True Bugs) Mango Planthopper Moths Orthoptera Orthopteroid Processionary Caterpillar Stink Bugs, Shield Bugs and Allies Syrphidae Wasps Water Scorpion (Laccotrephes tristis) Witchetty Grub