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Myllorhinus dentiferus (Boheman, 1843) (a species of weevil)

Basis for Tasmanian occurrence

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 Rachiodes dentifer; Rachiodes multidentatus)

TMAG collections

Classification

Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Curculionoidea

Family: Curculionidae

Subfamily: Curculioninae

Tribe: Storeini

Morphology

Typical length (mm): 5
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Ecology

Assumed larval feeding: leaf-feeder
Association with dead wood or old trees: not saproxylic

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