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strange weevil from the coast of SW-Australia

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Phylum: Arthropoda LATREILLE, 1829 (arthropods, Gliederfer)Subphylum: Hexapoda BLAINVILLE, 1816 (Sechsfer)Class: Insecta LINNAEUS, 1758 (insects, Insekten)Subclass: Pterygota LANG, 1888 (Fluginsekten)Infraclass:Neoptera Martynov, 1923 Order: Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758 (beetles, Kfer)Suborder:Polyphaga Emery, 1886Infraorder: Cucujiformia Latreille, 1802Superfamily: Curculionoidea Latreille, 1802 (weevils)Family Curculionidae Latreille, 1802 (weevils, Rsselkfer)Subfamily: Cryptorhynchinae SCHNHERR, 1825Tribus: Cryptorhynchini SCHNHERR, 1825Subtribus: Tylodina LACORDAIRE, 1865Genus: Poropterus SCHNHERR, 1844[det. B. Bche, 2017, based on this photo]SW-Australia, Nornalup: Conspicuous Cliff, 20m asl., 14.11.2010IMG_7378

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