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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:QVM:2026:12:0009

Preserved specimen of Leptopius duponti (Boisduval, 1835) | Broad-back Weevil recorded on 12/07/2024
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
Supplied institution code "QVMAG"
Collection Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery - Invertebrates
Supplied collection code "Invertebrates"
Catalog number QVM:2026:12:0009
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations pin
Identified by Fearn, Simon  
Individual count 1
License CC-BY-NC 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Occurrence date Year: 2024, Month: , Day:
Supplied as year:2024  month:12  day:7 
Date precision YEAR

Taxonomy

Scientific name Leptopius duponti
Identified to rank species
Common name Broad-back Weevil
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Coleoptera
Family Curculionidae
Genus Leptopius
Species Leptopius duponti
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Boisduval, 1835)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Cape Portland
Habitat foreshore scrub
Latitude -40.765922
Supplied as: "-40.765922"
Longitude 148.03348
Supplied as: "148.03348"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Elevation 4
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Furneaux
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Flinders
    NRM Regions 2010 North
    NRM Regions 2017 North NRM Region
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 North NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Flinders
    IBRA 7 Regions Furneaux
    IBRA 7 Subregions Flinders
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 EAST COAST
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Tasmania - North-East Coast
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Dorset
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Tasmania
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Tasmania
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Bass
    Electorates March 2025 Bass
    Local Government Areas 2011 Dorset (M)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Dorset
    Local Government Areas 2023 Dorset
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 DORSET COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 0
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 873
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF TAS.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) SCOTTSDALE - BRIDPORT
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) NORTH EAST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) LAUNCESTON AND NORTH EAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) BASS
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) TASMANIA - NORTH-EAST COAST
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) DORSET
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TASMANIA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) BASS
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Bass (McIntyre)
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Scottsdale - Bridport
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of Tas.
    Postal Areas 2021 7264
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Outer Regional Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Tasmania
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Scottsdale - Bridport
    Statistical Areas Level 3 North East
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Launceston and North East
    Tourism Regions 2021 Launceston and the North
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Low Closed Forests and Tall Closed Shrublands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Low closed forest or tall closed shrublands (including Acacia, Melaleuca and Banksia)
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt tall open forests
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 5901.0 frequency
    Species Richness 873.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 626.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 180.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 127.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 16.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 131.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 16.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 180.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 14.6 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 46.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.9 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 13.8 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 14.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.5 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 6.6 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 16.8 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.45 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.94
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 21.6 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 17.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 10.5 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.64
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.96
    Elevation 0.0 m