''Gagatophorus tibialis'' is a weevil in the

Amycterini Amycterini is a tribe of beetles in the subfamily Cyclominae. Genera ''Acantholophus'' - ''Acherres'' - ''Achorostoma'' - ''Aedriodes'' - ''Alexirhea'' - ''Amorphorhinus'' - ''Amycterus'' - ''Anascoptes'' - ''Antalaurinus'' - ''Atychoria'' - ' ...

tribe of the

Curculionidae The Curculionidae are a family of weevils, commonly called snout beetles or true weevils. They are one of the largest animal families, with 6,800 genera and 83,000 species described worldwide. They are the sister group to the family Brentidae. T ...

family, endemic to Western Australia. The species was first described by Eustace William Ferguson in 1914 as ''Macramycterus tibialis'', from a specimen collected at Shark Bay, Western Australia, and was transferred to the genus, ''

Gagatophorus ''Gagatophorus'' is a genus of weevils belonging to the family Curculionidae, first described by Henri Jekel in 1865. The decisions for synonymy are based on work by Sigmund Schenkling and G.A.K. Marshall (''Pseudamycterus''), and Elwood Zimmer ...

'', in 1993 by Elwood Curtin Zimmerman.Zimmerman, E.C. (1993) ''Australian weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) Vol. III Nanophyidae, Rhynchophoridae, Erirhinidae, Curculionidae: Amycterinae''. Melbourne : CSIRO Publications

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''Gagatophorus tibialis'': images & occurrence data
from Atlas of Living Australia {{taxonbar, from=Q101887336 Curculionidae Insects of Australia Insects described in 1914 Taxa named by Eustace William Ferguson