Sitophilus granarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Grain Weevil, Granary Weevil)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Sitophilus granarius (Grain Weevil, Granary Weevil)
Genus	Sitophilus (rice and grain weevils)
Family	DRYOPHTHORIDAE (a family of weevils)
Division	Orthoceri (primitive 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)

Sitophilus granarius is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Cooter, J. & Barclay M.V.L. (eds)	2006	A Coleopterist’s handbook	The Amateur Entomolgist, 11, Fourth Edition edition, 439pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society

Sitophilus granarius (Grain Weevil, Granary Weevil) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

DRYOPHTHORIDAE
(a family of 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)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Sitophilus granarius (Grain Weevil, Granary Weevil)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Sitophilus granarius (Grain Weevil, Granary Weevil)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Sitophilus granarius is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)