Perapion violaceum (Kirby, 1808)
(a seed weevil)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPerapion violaceum (a seed weevil)
GenusPerapion (a genus of seed weevils)
FamilyAPIONIDAE (a family of seed weevils)
Division Orthoceri (primitive 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 Perapion violaceum (a seed weevil) :
1: Perapion violaceum (a seed weevil)
13 May 2000 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on broad-leaved dock
Image 1: Female - dorsal viewImage 2: Female - head & thorax - lateral view - close-upImage 3: Female - lateral viewImage 4: Female - ventral viewImage 5: Male - dorsal viewImage 6: Male - dorsal view (2)Image 7: Male - elytra - close-upImage 8: Male - head & thorax - dorsal view - close-upImage 9: Male - head & thorax - ventral view - close-upImage 10: Male - lateral viewImage 11: Male - ventral view

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Hodges, D. & Murray, D. WCG - website of the Watford Coleoptera Group thewcg.org.uk/

Perapion violaceum (a seed weevil) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Perapion violaceum (a seed weevil)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Perapion violaceum (a seed weevil)
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