| Platypus australis | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Genus: | Platypus |
| Species: | P. australis |
| Binomial name | |
| Platypus australis Chapuis, 1865 | |
Platypus australis, commonly known as thepolyphagous pinhole borer, is a species ofambrosia beetle in theweevil familyCurculionidae found in Australia. It only eats superficial layers of wood, hence the damage is trivial.[1] '
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