Mononychus punctumalbum (Herbst, 1784)
(Iris Weevil)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMononychus punctumalbum (Iris Weevil)
SubfamilyCEUTORHYNCHINAE (a subfamily of true 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 Mononychus punctumalbum (Iris Weevil) :
1: Mononychus punctumalbum (Iris Weevil)
4 Jun 2011 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Males, on alien Iris orientalis inflorescence
Image 1: Male - abdomen - ventral view - magnifiedImage 2: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 3: Male - face - ventral view - magnifiedImage 4: Male - foreparts - lateral ivew - magnifiedImage 5: Male - head and thorax - anterior view - magnifiedImage 6: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 7: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - highly enlargedImage 8: Male - head - anterior view - magnifiedImage 9: Male - lateral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 10: Male - pygidium - posterior view - magnifiedImage 11: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 12: Foot - (right middle leg) - dorsal view - microscope low magnification

Mononychus punctumalbum (Iris Weevil) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Mononychus punctumalbum (Iris Weevil)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Mononychus punctumalbum (Iris Weevil)
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