Long-nosed weevil | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
Superfamily: | Curculionoidea |
Family: | Belidae |
Genus: | Rhinotia |
Species: | R. hemisticta
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Binomial name | |
Rhinotia hemisticta (
Germar, 1848)
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Rhinotia hemisticta is a species of weevil in the family Belidae, commonly referred to as the long-nosed weevil, or long nosed weevil. [1] It is found in Australia, [1] is about 1 inch (2.5 cm) long, and is found in wooded areas.[ citation needed]
It was first described by Ernst Friedrich Germar in 1848 as Belus hemistictus. [2] [3]