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FAMILY CURCULIONIDAE
- This page contains information and pictures about Backward-nosed Weevils in
Subfamily Cryptorhynchinae that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland,
Australia
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- This is a large subfamily. Members are usually have relatively long legs
and with a long backwardly directed rostrum. On all legs, apex of tibiae
produced into curved hook.
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- Backward-nosed Weevil 1
 
- Eleagna or Eutyrhinus sp., body length 10mm
- Above pictures was taken in Moorooka in late summer 2003. Please check this
page for more details.
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- Backward-nosed Weevil 2
- Eutyrhinus sp., body length 10mm
- We found this pair of weevils feeding on a gall
of a gum tree in Anstead Forest. It was Dec 2009. Please check this page
for details.
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- Backward-nosed Weevil 3
- ? Tyrtaeosus sp., body length 10mm
- Pictures
were taken on Nov 2007 near Bulimba Creek in Sunnybank. Please click on here
for more information and pictures.
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- Reference:
- 1. Australian
Weevils - Zimmerman, E.C., CSIRO PUBLISHING, 1991, Plate 425.
- 2. A
Guide to the Beetles of Australia - George Hangay and Paul Zborowski,
CSIRO PUBLISHING April 2010, p219.
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[ Up ] [ Adelognatha, Entiminae ] [ Aterpinae ] [ Aterpinae, Rhadinosomini ] [ Gonipterinae ] [ Molytinae ] [ Cryptorhynchinae ] [ Curculioninae ]
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