HYPERINAE Marseul, 1863
(a subfamily of weevils)

Subtaxon				Example images	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Hypera a genus of weevils					Genus	5 subtaxa	74 images

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Subfamily	HYPERINAE (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)

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

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Hackston, M.	2015	Subfamily Hyperinae	https://sites.google.com/site/mikesinsectkeys/
	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

HYPERINAE (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 HYPERINAE (a subfamily of weevils)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 100 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for HYPERINAE (a subfamily of weevils)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

HYPERINAE is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)