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Car pini

This species belongs to one of the most primitive family of weevils, Caridae which contains only about 5 species world wide. Car pini is the only representative of Caridae in Tasmania and lives soley on Great Oyster Bay Pines (Callitris rhomboidea). My brother and I spent months looking for this, and it was a great reward to find this unique species. we have recorded Car pini between Orford and Bicheno.
about 5 individuals were found on Great Oyster Bay Pines along the Old Convict Road, Orford.
Note: 3 individuals were collected for the TMAG (Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery) invertebrate collections