Hypera nigrirostris (Fabricius, 1775)
(a weevil)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHypera nigrirostris (a weevil)
GenusHypera (a genus of weevils)
SubfamilyHYPERINAE (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 Hypera nigrirostris (a weevil) :
1: Hypera nigrirostris (a weevil)
1 Jul 2012 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
brown specimen, swept off flowering Red Clover
Image 1: Dorsal view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 2: Head and thorax - antero-dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 3: Lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 4: Ventral view - highly enlarged - pale background
2: Hypera nigrirostris (a weevil)
1 Jul 2012 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
green specimen, swept off flowering Red Clover
Image 1: Dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 2: Lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 3: Elytral scales - microscope low magnification

Hypera nigrirostris (a weevil) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hypera nigrirostris (a weevil)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Hypera nigrirostris (a weevil)
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