Hypera rumicis (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a weevil)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Hypera rumicis (a weevil)
Genus	Hypera (a genus of weevils)
Subfamily	HYPERINAE (a subfamily of weevils)
Family	CURCULIONIDAE (weevils)
Division	Gonatoceri (true weevils)
Superfamily	CURCULIONOIDEA (weevils and allied beetles)
Series	Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
Suborder	POLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
Order	COLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Hypera rumicis is also a member of:
water beetles - water beetles (via Curculionidae)
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Records of Hypera rumicis (a weevil) :
1: Hypera rumicis (a weevil)
23 Apr 2019	OSGR: SY67	50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W	Vice County: Dorset (VC 9)	England
swept off yellow crucifers, (probably volunteer oil-seed rape)

2: Hypera rumicis (a weevil)
27 Jun 2006	OSGR: TQ50	50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ E	Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14)	England
Pupae in mesh cocoons on Dock . Photos: imago, cocoon and pupa

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

HYPERINAE
(a subfamily of weevils)

CURCULIONIDAE
(weevils)

CURCULIONOIDEA
(weevils and allied beetles)

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

water beetles
(water beetles)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hypera rumicis (a weevil)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 8 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Hypera rumicis (a weevil)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Hypera rumicis is also a member of:

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