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Platypus australis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Curculionidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Coleoptera

Genus
  
Platypus

Platypus australis

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.

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Platypus australis Wikipedia