Polydrusus pterygomalis Boheman, 1840
(a weevil)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPolydrusus pterygomalis (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 pterygomalis (a weevil) :
1: Polydrusus pterygomalis (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: Dorsal - enlargedImage 2: Head and thorax - lateral - magnifiedImage 3: Head - lateral - magnifiedImage 4: Lateral - enlargedImage 5: Ventral - enlarged
2: Polydrusus pterygomalis (a weevil)
25 May 1975 OSGR: TQ21 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
Image 1: Head, antennae, thorax - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 2: Lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged

Polydrusus pterygomalis (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 pterygomalis (a weevil)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 9 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Polydrusus pterygomalis (a weevil)
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