Curculio glandium Marsham, 1802
(Acorn Weevil)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCurculio glandium (Acorn Weevil)
GenusCurculio (a genus of weevils)
SubfamilyCURCULIONINAE (a subfamily of 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 Curculio glandium (Acorn Weevil) :
1: Curculio glandium (Acorn Weevil)
4 May 2017 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
beaten off Oak
Image 1: Adult - antero-dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Adult - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Adult - head, rostrum and antennae - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Adult - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Adult - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Curculio glandium (Acorn Weevil)
16 May 2006 OSGR: SU37 51° 30’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
. Photos: Imago
Image 1: Adult - antero-lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Adult - dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 3: Adult - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 4: Adult - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 5: Adult - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (4)Image 6: Adult - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (5)Image 7: Adult - dorsal view - enlargedImage 8: Adult - lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 9: Adult - latero-ventral view - close-up - enlargedImage 10: Adult - ventral view - close-up - enlargedImage 11: Adult - ventral view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 12: Adult - ventral view - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 13: Adult - ventral view - close-up - enlarged (4)Image 14: Adult - ventral view - close-up - enlarged (5)Image 15: Adult - ventral view - close-up - enlarged (6)Image 16: Adult - ventral view - close-up - enlarged (7)

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

Curculio glandium (Acorn Weevil) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Curculio glandium (Acorn Weevil)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Curculio glandium (Acorn Weevil)
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