COSSONINAE Schönherr, 1825
(a subfamily of weevils)

Subtaxon	Rank	No of images	No of ID refs
Euophryum confine a wood-boring weevil	Species	31 images	1 ident. refs
Euophryum rufum a wood-boring weevil	Species		1 ident. refs
Pentarthrum huttoni a wood-boring weevil	Species		1 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Subfamily	COSSONINAE (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)

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

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Morris, M.G.	2002	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17b, 149pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

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

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 COSSONINAE (a subfamily of weevils)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 30 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for COSSONINAE (a subfamily of weevils)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

COSSONINAE is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)