Platypus cylindrus (Fabricius, 1792)
(Oak Pin-hole Borer, Pin-hole Borer)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPlatypus cylindrus (Oak Pin-hole Borer, Pin-hole Borer)
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 Platypus cylindrus (Oak Pin-hole Borer, Pin-hole Borer) :
1: Platypus cylindrus (Oak Pin-hole Borer, Pin-hole Borer)
29 Jul 2011 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on washing on line
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 2: Male - lateral view - magnifiedImage 3: Male - latero-ventral view - magnified

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Forest Research 2007 Path News Issue 14: May 2007

Platypus cylindrus (Oak Pin-hole Borer, Pin-hole Borer) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Platypus cylindrus (Oak Pin-hole Borer, Pin-hole Borer)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Platypus cylindrus (Oak Pin-hole Borer, Pin-hole Borer)
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