CurculionidaeChrysolopus spectabilis (Botany Bay Diamond Weevil) Lixus Perperus lateralis (White-striped Weevil)
The genus Lixus is a “True Weevil” in the beetle family Curculionidae, of which there are at least 950 described species. Their other common name is Snout Beetle.
Many of the weevil species have a long snout that they use to chew holes in plants for food and to make egg chambers.
The Lixus beetle here, was photographed in Alice Springs, where they are also known as Wattle Pigs, although this is also the common name for another genus Leptopius, subfamily Entiminae.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Coleoptera
- Suborder: Polyphaga
- Superfamily: Curculionoidea
- Family: Curculionidae
- Subfamily: Molytinae
- Tribe: Lixini
- Genus: Lixus
- Species:
- Lixus albolineatus Lea, 1899
- Lixus breweri Pascoe, 1874
- Lixus cardui Olivier, 1807
- Lixus immundus Boheman, 1859
- Lixus imponderosus Lea, 1911
- Lixus linearis Olivier, 1807
- Lixus mastersii Pascoe, 1874
- Lixus tasmanicus Germar, 1848
Footnote & References
- Many thanks for ID to Tony Eales, member of Australasian Beetles Only, Facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/1180404322409639
- Many thanks for ID to Andrew Parker, member of NT Field Naturalists’ Club Inc, Facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/ntfieldnaturalistsclub/
- 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
- Genus Lixus, ausemade, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/189313196
- All Weevil (Curculionoidea) sightings, NatureMapr, https://canberra.naturemapr.org/categories/239
CurculionidaeChrysolopus spectabilis (Botany Bay Diamond Weevil) Lixus Perperus lateralis (White-striped Weevil)
ColeopteraColeoptera Index Amarygmus sp Anoplognathus sp Aphanestes gymnopleura Buprestidae Carphurus Cerambycidae Coleoptera (Beetles) Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles) Curculionidae Dung Beetle Eretes australis Helea scaphiformis Hydrophilus Ladybirds (Beetles) Lepidiota Lucanidae Lycidae Neospades sp Omorgus Paropsine Beetle Paropsisterna sp Phorticosomus sp Protaetia fusca Pterohelaeus sp Rhipiceridae Scarabaeidae Xylophilostenus octophyllus
InsectsBees Beetles Blattodea Butterflies Coleoptera Cicada Crabronidae Diptera Dragonflies & Damselflies Formicidae Hemiptera Heteroptera (True Bugs) Moths Orthoptera Orthopteroid Processionary Caterpillar Stink Bugs, Shield Bugs and Allies Wasps Water Scorpion (Laccotrephes tristis) Witchetty Grub