Misplaced Pages

Rhinotia haemoptera
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Belidae
Genus:	Rhinotia
Species:	R. haemoptera
Binomial name
Rhinotia haemoptera Kirby, 1819

Rhinotia haemoptera, the red weevil, is a weevil species in the family Belidae found in Australia. They resemble net-winged beetles (Lycidae) in colour and are thought to mimic them.

References

1. T J Hawkeswood, J. R. Turner and M Lebreton (1994). "The biology and host plants of the Australian weevil Rhinotia haemoptera (Kirby) (Insecta, Coleoptera, Belidae)". Spixiana. 17: 237–245.
2. "Australian Faunal Directory: Rhinotia haemoptera". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2021-09-08.
3. Kirby, W. (1819). "A century of insects, including several new genera described from his cabinet". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 12 (2): 375-453 . doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1817.tb00239.x.

This Belidae-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• Belidae
• Beetles described in 1819
• Beetles of Australia
• Taxa named by William Kirby (entomologist)
• Weevil stubs