Rhamphus acaciae Lea, 1895 (a species of weevil)

Semmens, T.D., McQuillan, P.B. & Hayhurst, G. (1992). Catalogue of the Insects of Tasmania. Government of Tasmania: Department of Primary Industry, 104 pp. (as Ramphus acaciae)

TMAG collections

Typical length (mm): 1.3
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
*Lea, A.M. (1895). Descriptions of new species of Australian Coleoptera. Part II. Proc. Linn. Soc. NSW, 10, 224-319.

Assumed larval feeding: (not yet documented)
Association with dead wood or old trees: (not yet documented)

Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Flight intercept trapping (trough below Malaise trap) — Knockdown fogging of canopy of Eucalyptus obliqua — Malaise trapping — Pitfall trapping.

Source ecological literature:
Grove, S.J. (2009b). Beetles and fuelwood harvesting: a retrospective study from Tasmania’s southern forests. Tasforests 18: 77-99.

Baker, S.C. (2006b). Ecology and conservation of ground-dwelling beetles in managed wet eucalypt forest: edge and riparian effects. PhD thesis, Univ. of Tasmania, Hobart.