Sitona Germar, 1817
(a genus of weevils)

Subtaxon	Rank	No of images	No of ID refs
Sitona cylindricollis a weevil	Species		1 ident. refs
Sitona hispidulus Clover-root Weevil	Species	4 images	1 ident. refs
Sitona lineatus Pea and Bean Weevil, Pea-leaf Weevil	Species	14 images	1 ident. refs
Sitona obsoletus a weevil	Species		1 ident. refs
Sitona puncticollis a weevil	Species		1 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Sitona (a genus of weevils)
Tribe	Sitonini (a group of weevils)
Subfamily	ENTIMINAE (a subfamily of weevils)
Family	CURCULIONIDAE (weevils)
Division	Gonatoceri (true weevils)
Superfamily	CURCULIONOIDEA (weevils and allied beetles)
Series	Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
Suborder	POLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
Order	COLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Sitona is also a member of:
water beetles - water beetles (via Curculionidae)
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Kevan, D.K.	1959	The British Species of the genus Sitona Germar (Col., Curculionidae)	Ent. Mon. Mag.: 251-261.

Sitona (a genus of weevils) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

ENTIMINAE
(a subfamily of weevils)

CURCULIONIDAE
(weevils)

CURCULIONOIDEA
(weevils and allied beetles)

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

water beetles
(water beetles)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Sitona (a genus of weevils)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 70 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Sitona (a genus of weevils)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Sitona is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)