Ceratapion gibbirostre (Gyllenhal, 1813)
(a seed weevil)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCeratapion gibbirostre (a seed weevil)
GenusCeratapion (a genus of seed weevils)
FamilyAPIONIDAE (a family of seed weevils)
Division Orthoceri (primitive weevils)
SuperfamilyCURCULIONOIDEA (weevils and allied beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Ceratapion gibbirostre (a seed weevil) :
1: Ceratapion gibbirostre (a seed weevil)
8 Jul 2016 OSGR: SY98 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
swept off Spear Thistle
Image 1: Thorax and head - dorsal view showing microsculpture - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Ceratapion gibbirostre (a seed weevil)
27 Jun 2011 OSGR: SY77 50° 30’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Males and females, on Spear Thistle
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 3: Female - ventral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 4: Male and female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 5: Male - dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 6: Male - lateral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 7: Male - ventral view - magnified - white background

Ceratapion gibbirostre (a seed weevil) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ceratapion gibbirostre (a seed weevil)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Ceratapion gibbirostre (a seed weevil)
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