Subfamily: Lixinae
Tribe: Lixini
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Gasteroclisus immundus
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Weed Weevil - Hypolixus mastersii
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Lixus tasmanicus (possible occurrence)
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Subgenus: Epimeces
Thistle Stemborer Weevil - Lixus (Epimeces) cardui |
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Rhinocyllus conicus
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Taxonomy:
Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
> Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
> Class: Insecta (Insects)
> Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and Once-winged Insects)
> Order: Coleoptera (Beetles)
> Suborder: Polyphaga (Water, Rove< Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
> Infraorder: Cucujiformia (Cucujiform Beetles)
> Superfamily: Curculionoidea (Snout and Bark Beetles)
> Family: Curculionidae (True Weevils)
> Subfamily: Lixinae
> Tribe: Lixini
> Genus: Gasteroclisus
> Species: G. immundus
> Genus: Hypolixus
> Species: H. mastersii - Weed Weevil
> Genus: Lixus
> Species: L. tasmanicus ^
> Subgenus: Epimeces
> Species: Lixus (Epimeces) cardui - Thistle Stemborer Weevil
> Genus: Rhinocyllus
> Species: R. conicus
^ = possibly
* = likely
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