Rhinorhynchus rufulus
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Rhinorhynchus rufulus is a weevil in the Nemonychidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand and was first described by Thomas Broun in 1880. This species is found in both the North, South and Stewart Islands from the sub-alpine zone down to sea-level. Adults can be observed all months of the year. Host plants of this weevil species are conifer trees including Podocarpus nivalis and Lepidothamnus laxifolius.
This species was first described by Thomas Broun in 1880 and originally named Rhinomacer rufula using a damaged specimen collected in Tairua. In 2003 Guillermo Kuschel discussed this species and was unable to locate the holotype specimen used by Broun to describe this species. He chose a specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London which was collected in Wellington as the neotype to replace the lost holotype.
Broun originally described the species as follows: Rufous, moderately shining, pilose, antennae and legs fulvous. Antenna inserted at the middle of the rostrum, moderately stout, eight-jointed, club three-jointed; the two basal joints are of nearly equal length, and, together, nearly half as long as the rest conjointly; third and fourth... Wikipedia →
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Rhinorhynchus rufulus sighting in Auckland on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 425th most-seen of the 689 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April, June–July and September–October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Rhinorhynchus rufulus in Auckland on a given day, against under 5% in May, August and November–March, the lowest months.
Only Auckland, in our data
Auckland is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Rhinorhynchus rufulus sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Coleoptera
The closest relatives of the Rhinorhynchus rufulus that you can see in Auckland (order Coleoptera, Beetles) are Steelblue Lady Beetle (about 30%), Fungus-Eating Ladybird (about 20%) and Hadda Beetle (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Rhinorhynchus rufulus is recorded against all the insects logged in Auckland (10 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
