Polydrusus pulchellus Stephens, 1831
(a weevil)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPolydrusus pulchellus (a weevil)
GenusPolydrusus (a genus of leaf weevils)
TribeBrachyderini (a group of weevils)
SubfamilyENTIMINAE (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)
Records of Polydrusus pulchellus (a weevil) :
1: Polydrusus pulchellus (a weevil)
28 Jun 2011 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
swept off Kidney Vetch
Image 1: Antenna, head and thorax - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 2: Antenna, head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified (2)Image 3: Dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 4: Head and thorax - lateral view - magnifiedImage 5: Lateral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 6: Ventral view - highly enlarged - white background

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

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