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Platystomos wallacei

Platystomos wallacei
Anthribidae - Platystomos wallacei.JPG
Platystomos wallacei, male and female. Museum specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Curculionoidea
Family: Anthribidae
Genus: Platystomos
Species: P. wallacei
Binomial name
Platystomos wallacei
Wolfrum, 1953
Synonyms
  • Phloeobius wallacei
  • Anthribus wallacei Pascoe, 1860


Platystomos wallacei is a species of beetle belonging to the family Anthribidae, the fungus weevils.

These fungus weevils have thread-like antennae, that in males are longer than the body.

This species can be found in Philippines, Indonesia, New Guinea, Aru Islands and Australia.


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