Biology:Platypus australis
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Short description: Species of beetle
Platypus australis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
Family: | Curculionidae |
Genus: | Platypus |
Species: | P. australis
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Binomial name | |
Platypus australis Chapuis, 1865
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Platypus australis, commonly known as the polyphagous pinhole borer, is a species of ambrosia beetle in the weevil family Curculionidae found in Australia. It only eats superficial layers of wood, hence the damage is trivial.[1] '
References
- ↑ "Wood borers you should know". Museum Victoria website. Museum Victoria. http://museumvictoria.com.au/discoverycentre/infosheets/10312/. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
Wikidata ☰ Q48826 entry
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