Conservation status: Least Concern
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This Talaurinus was photographed in the late 1960s. Unfortunately, not enough detail of the patterning of bumps on its back is visible to work out which species it is.
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Coleoptera
Curculionidae
Brachycerinae
Talaurinus
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Talaurinus are ground-dwelling weevils that have 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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