Salpingus ruficollis (Linnaeus, 1761)
(a false weevil)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSalpingus ruficollis (a false weevil)
GenusSalpingus (a genus of false weevils)
FamilySALPINGIDAE (false weevils)
SuperfamilyTENEBRIONOIDEA (narrow timber 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 Salpingus ruficollis (a false weevil) :
1: Salpingus ruficollis (a false weevil)
29 Feb 1976 OSGR: SU93 51° 0’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: West Sussex (VC 13) England
under bark on Beech log
Image 1: Dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 2: Dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 3: Head, antennae, thorax - dorsal - highly enlargedImage 4: Lateral view - highly enlargedImage 5: Rear three-quarter view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 6: Rear three-quarter view - highly enlarged

Salpingus ruficollis (a false weevil) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Salpingus ruficollis (a false weevil)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Salpingus ruficollis (a false weevil)
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