Prong-tailed weevil (Bronchus furvus)

Prong-tailed weevil This is a very large family of beetles. There are over 60,000 species in several families, mostly in the family Curculionidae (the true weevils). They are flightless, ground-dwelling beetles found in diverse habitats.
The adults range in size from small to large; they have stout bodies and a hard carapace. Weevils have a long narrow snout projecting from the head, with a pair of short, jointed antennae toward the middle of this snout. This provides them with a distinctive appearance and the common name of snout beetles.
Weevils are generally dull tannish brown or grey, but sometimes have carapace that is red, green, or shiny black. Both adults and larvae feed on various parts of many kinds of plants, and can be very destructive. However, adults sometimes visit flowers to feed on pollen or nectar. Bronchus furvus,Geotagged,Prong-tailed weevil,South Africa,Summer

Appearance

Bodfy length 30mm, elongate and heavily built, with thick, curved 3-segmented club. head with pinkish scales, mostly at base. Pronotum and elytra with very pronounced rounded black tubercles with whitish-piink buff scales between, elytra ending in two prongs.

Distribution

Throughout South Africa

Habitat

Ground-dwelling in diverse habitats

References:

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Field Guide to Insects of South Africa, Mike Picker, Charles Griffiths and Alan Weaving. Struik Nature 2004

Taxonomy
Kingdom	Animalia
Division	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Curculionidae
Genus	Bronchus
Species	Bronchus furvus

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South Africa