Rhinoncus castor (Fabricius, 1792) NEW QUALIFIER-(pre 2014 type revision)
(a weevil)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesRhinoncus castor (a weevil)
GenusRhinoncus (a genus of weevils)
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 Rhinoncus castor (a weevil) :
1: Rhinoncus castor (a weevil)
25 May 2012 OSGR: TQ01 50° 50’ N, 0° 30’ W Vice County: West Sussex (VC 13) England
swept off Sheep Sorrel
Image 1: Dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 2: Lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 3: Ventral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 4: Elytral scales - microscope low magnificationImage 5: Head - anterior view - microscope low magnificationImage 6: Thorax puncturation and scales - microscope low magnification

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Rhinoncus castor (a weevil)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Rhinoncus castor (a weevil)
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