Cionus scrophulariae (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Figwort Weevil)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCionus scrophulariae (Figwort Weevil)
GenusCionus (figwort and mullein weevils)
SubfamilyCIONINAE (figwort and mullein weevils)
FamilyCURCULIONIDAE (weevils)
Division Gonatoceri (true 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 Cionus scrophulariae (Figwort Weevil) :
1: Cionus scrophulariae (Figwort Weevil)
4 May 2017 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
mating pair, on Water Figwort
Image 1: Female - antero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - antero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - postero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Cionus scrophulariae (Figwort Weevil)
13 Jun 2007 OSGR: SW72 50° 0’ N, 5° 10’ W Vice County: West Cornwall (VC 1) England
on Common Figwort
Image 1: In cop - anterior view - close-up - enlargedImage 2: In cop - anterior view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 3: In cop - antero-dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 4: In cop - antero-dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 5: In cop - antero-dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 6: In cop - antero-dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged (3)Image 7: In cop - antero-lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 8: In cop - dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 9: In cop - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 10: In cop - front three-quarter view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 11: In cop - front three-quarter view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 12: In cop - lateral view - enlargedImage 13: In cop - latero-dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 14: In cop - latero-dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 15: In cop - latero-dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 16: In cop - latero-dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 17: In cop - latero-dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 18: In cop - latero-posterior view - close-up - enlargedImage 19: In cop - posterior view - close-up - enlargedImage 20: In cop - posterior view - enlarged
3: Cionus scrophulariae (Figwort Weevil)
13 Jun 2007 OSGR: SW72 50° 0’ N, 5° 10’ W Vice County: West Cornwall (VC 1) England
a rather worn specimen
Image 1: Adult - lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Adult - lateral view - enlarged

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Cooter, J. & Barclay M.V.L. (eds) 2006 A Coleopterist’s handbook The Amateur Entomolgist, 11, Fourth Edition edition, 439pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society

Cionus scrophulariae (Figwort Weevil) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cionus scrophulariae (Figwort Weevil)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 10 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Cionus scrophulariae (Figwort Weevil)
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