Rhyncolus ater (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a weevil)

Interactions where Rhyncolus ater is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
feeds on dead wood UK/Ireland Pinus pines Pinales: Pinaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Rhyncolus ater/Rhyncolus atera weevil Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/Pinuspinesdeadwood
feeds on Pinus pines Pinales: Pinaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Rhyncolus ater/Rhyncolus atera weevil Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/Pinuspines
feeds on dead wood UK/IrelandMajor Pinus sylvestris (native Scottish form) Caledonian Pine Pinales: Pinaceae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Rhyncolus ater/Rhyncolus atera weevil Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus sylvestris (native Scottish form)/Pinus sylvestris (native Scottish form)Caledonian pinedeadwoodMajor
feeds on dead wood UK/IrelandMajor [Trees] broadleaved and coniferous trees True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Rhyncolus ater/Rhyncolus atera weevil Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Trees/Treesbroadleaved and coniferous treesdeadwoodMajor

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Morris, M.G., 2002True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to SmicronychinaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17b, 149pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Rhyncolus ater (a weevil) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Rhyncolus ater (a weevil) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesRhyncolus ater (a weevil)
SubfamilyCOSSONINAE (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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Rhyncolus ater (a weevil)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Rhyncolus ater (a weevil):

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