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Platypus australis

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Platypus australis
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P. australis
Binomial name
Platypus australis
Chapuis, 1865

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

  1. ^ "Wood borers you should know". Museum Victoria website. Museum Victoria. Retrieved 30 August 2010.