Nedyus quadrimaculatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Small Nettle Weevil)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesNedyus quadrimaculatus (Small Nettle 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 Nedyus quadrimaculatus (Small Nettle Weevil) :
1: Nedyus quadrimaculatus (Small Nettle Weevil)
25 May 2012 OSGR: TQ01 50° 50’ N, 0° 30’ W Vice County: West Sussex (VC 13) England
Swept off Nettle
Image 1: Dorsal view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 2: Head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 3: Lateral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 4: Postero-dorsal view - close-up - magnified - grey backgroundImage 5: Ventral view - close-up - magnified - grey backgroundImage 6: Ventral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 7: Ventral view - magnified - grey background (2)Image 8: Head and antennae - anterior view - microscope low magnification - pale background
2: Nedyus quadrimaculatus (Small Nettle Weevil)
18 May 1975 OSGR: SU66 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Mating pair on Nettle
Image 1: Mating pair - anterior view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 2: Mating pair - dorsolateral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 3: Mating pair - dorsolateral view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 4: Mating pair - dorsolateral view - highly enlargedImage 5: Mating pair - lateral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 6: Mating pair - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 7: Mating pair - Lateral view - highly enlarged

Nedyus quadrimaculatus (Small Nettle Weevil) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Nedyus quadrimaculatus (Small Nettle Weevil)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Nedyus quadrimaculatus (Small Nettle Weevil)
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