Polydrusus flavipes (De Geer, 1775)
(a weevil)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPolydrusus flavipes (a weevil)
GenusPolydrusus (a genus of leaf weevils)
TribeBrachyderini (a group of weevils)
SubfamilyENTIMINAE (a subfamily of 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 Polydrusus flavipes (a weevil) :
1: Polydrusus flavipes (a weevil)
18 May 2003 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on Butchers Broom under Beech
Image 1: Head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 2: Head and thorax - ventral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 3: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 4: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - grey background (2)Image 5: Male - ventral view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 6: Male - ventral view - enlarged - grey background (2)

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Polydrusus flavipes (a weevil)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Polydrusus flavipes (a weevil)
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