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Conservation status: Least Concern
This is a fairly large (20mm) ground-dwelling weevil that has adapted to living in dry regions. These weevils are mainly terrestrial, of large size, and often with distinctive spines or other ornamentation. They have a very tough exoskeleton - one of the hardest of any beetle. It is so tough that they often remain for years after the beetle has died.
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Scientific Classification
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Coleoptera
Curculionidae
Brachycerinae
Talaurinus
fergusoni
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Talaurinus fergusoni has, so far, only been found in and close to Girraween.
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