Perapion Wagner, 1907
(a genus of seed weevils)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
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ID refs
Perapion curtirostre
a seed weevil
Female (Click to open)
 		Species 9 images
Perapion hydrolapathi
a seed weevil
Species 1 ident. refs
Perapion violaceum
a seed weevil
Male (Click to open)
 		Species 11 images 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusPerapion (a genus of seed weevils)
FamilyAPIONIDAE (a family of seed weevils)
Division Orthoceri (primitive 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)

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Perapion (a genus of seed weevils)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 13 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Perapion (a genus of seed weevils)
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