Rhinotia bidentata (Donovan, 1805) (a species of belid 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 Belus bidentatus)

TMAG collections

Classification

Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Curculionoidea

Family: Belidae

Subfamily: Belinae

Tribe: Belini

Morphology

Typical length (mm): (not yet documented)
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Ecology

Assumed larval feeding: wood-feeder
Association with dead wood or old trees: obligately saproxylic

Ecological attributes: — Acacia dealbata is a host-plant (Bashford, 1990) — Breeds in dead or dying Acacia dealbata trees (Bashford, 1991).

Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Hand collection (substrate not specified) — Hand collection from Eucalyptus amygdalina — Hand collection from Eucalyptus nitens — Hand collection from Eucalyptus viminalis — Hand collection from under bark (tree species not specified) — Not specified — Sticky trapping (substrate not specified) — Sticky trapping on Eucalyptus camaldulensis.

Source ecological literature:
Bashford, R. (1990a). Tasmanian forest insects and their host plants: records from the Tasmanian Forestry Commission insect collection. Hobart: Tas. Forestry Commission, 32 pages.
Bashford, R. (1991). Wood-boring Coleoptera and associated insects reared from Acacia dealbata Link in Tasmania. Aust. Entom. Mag. 18 (3): 103-110.