CURCULIONIDAE Latreille, 1802
(weevils)

Interactions where CURCULIONIDAE is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
larva is taken to the nest of female UK/Ireland Cerceris quadricincta Four-banded Weevil-wasp Hymenoptera: Crabronidae Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Crabronidae/Cerceris quadricincta/Cerceris quadricinctafour-banded weevil-waspfemale Animal / predator / stocks nest withUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Curculionidaeweevilslarva female stocks nest with larva
is taken to the nest of female UK/Ireland Cerceris quinquefasciata Five-banded Tailed Digger Wasp, Five-banded Weevil-wasp Hymenoptera: Crabronidae Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Crabronidae/Cerceris quinquefasciata/Cerceris quinquefasciatafive-banded tailed digger wasp, five-banded weevil-waspfemale Animal / predator / stocks nest withUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Curculionidaeweevils female stocks nest with
is taken to the nest of female UK/Ireland Cerceris ruficornis a digger wasp Hymenoptera: Crabronidae Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Crabronidae/Cerceris ruficornis/Cerceris ruficornisa digger waspfemale Animal / predator / stocks nest withUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Curculionidaeweevils female stocks nest with
larva is taken to the nest of female UK/Ireland Odynerus melanocephalus Black-headed Mason Wasp Hymenoptera: Vespidae Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Vespidae/Odynerus melanocephalus/Odynerus melanocephalusblack-headed mason waspfemale Animal / predator / stocks nest withUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Curculionidaeweevilslarva female stocks nest with larva

Author & YearTitleSource
Macdonald, M.A., 2007Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates

CURCULIONIDAE (weevils) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

CURCULIONIDAE (weevils) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
interactions
No of
references
Species 1 trophisms
Species 4 trophisms
Subfamily 2 subtaxa 5 trophisms 1 references
Genus 2 subtaxa 3 trophisms
Subfamily 21 subtaxa 54 trophisms 1 references
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms
Species 3 trophisms
Species 4 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Subfamily 76 subtaxa 131 trophisms 2 references
Subfamily 7 subtaxa 47 trophisms 4 references
Genus 3 subtaxa 4 trophisms
Genus 3 subtaxa 4 trophisms 1 references
Species 1 trophisms
Species 2 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Subfamily 9 subtaxa 30 trophisms 4 references
Subfamily 4 subtaxa 19 trophisms 1 references
Subfamily 21 subtaxa 30 trophisms 1 references
Subfamily 2 subtaxa 9 trophisms 1 references
Subfamily 14 subtaxa 56 trophisms 1 references
Genus 3 subtaxa 11 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Subfamily 63 subtaxa 270 trophisms 17 references
Genus 1 subtaxa 2 trophisms
Species 2 trophisms
Genus 6 subtaxa 12 trophisms
Genus 4 subtaxa 4 trophisms
Genus 2 subtaxa 18 trophisms 3 references
Subfamily 16 subtaxa 100 trophisms 2 references
Species 1 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Genus 2 subtaxa 2 trophisms
Subfamily 11 subtaxa 51 trophisms 2 references
Genus 6 subtaxa 10 trophisms
Species 2 trophisms
Species 6 trophisms
Subfamily 8 subtaxa 28 trophisms 2 references
Genus 1 subtaxa 2 trophisms
Subfamily 12 subtaxa 43 trophisms 2 references
Genus 9 subtaxa 10 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Species 1 references
Species 1 trophisms
Genus 6 subtaxa 8 trophisms
Species 5 trophisms 1 references
Species 2 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Genus 2 subtaxa 2 trophisms
Genus 3 subtaxa 4 trophisms
Species 9 trophisms
Genus 1 subtaxa 2 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Subfamily 49 subtaxa 134 trophisms 13 references
Genus 4 subtaxa 5 trophisms
Genus 3 subtaxa 4 trophisms
Subfamily 3 subtaxa 9 trophisms 1 references
Genus 3 subtaxa 9 trophisms
Species 1 references
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 2 trophisms 1 references
Subfamily 3 subtaxa 11 trophisms 1 references
Genus 4 subtaxa 5 trophisms
Subfamily 1 references
Species 1 trophisms
Species 1 trophisms
Genus 3 subtaxa 15 trophisms 2 references
Genus 12 subtaxa 14 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for CURCULIONIDAE (weevils)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Buck, F.D. 1948 Pentarthrum huttoni Woll. (Col., Curculionidae) and some imported Cossinae Ent. Mon. Mag.: 152-154.
() Duff, A.G. 2016 Beetles of Britain and Ireland: Cerambycidae to Curculionidae Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Volume 4, 623pp
Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (Eds.) 1981 Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Band 10 (Bruchidae, Anthribidae, Scolytidae, Platypodidae & Curculionidae) Die Käfer Mitteleuropas, Vol 10, 295pp, Goecke & Evers, Krefeld
Morris, M.G. 2012 True Weevils pt III Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5 Part 17d, 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
() Morris, M.G. 1991 Weevils Naturalists' Handbooks, 16, 76pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Tempere, G. & Pericart, J. 1989 *** Curculionidae (Supplement) ***(Superseded) Faune de France, Faune No 74, 534pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel

Aquatic Species

Denton, J. 2013 Atlas of VC12 aquatic coleoptera 70pp

Larvae/Leaf-miners

Anon. British Leafminers www.leafmines.co.uk/
Pitkin, B. Ellis, W.,Plant, C. & Edmunds, R. The leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects www.ukflymines.co.uk

Leaf-miners

György Csóka 2003 Levélaknák és Levélaknázók - Leaf Mines and Leaf Miners 192pp, Forest Research Institute, Budapest

Stored Product Pests

Mound, L. (ed) 1989 Common Insects of Stored Products: a guide to their identification Economic Series, No 15, Seventh Edition edition, 68pp, British Museum (Natural History)

CURCULIONIDAE (weevils) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource

Acid Mires

Boyce, D. 2004 A review of the invertebrate assemblages of acid mires Research Reports, Report no 592, 109pp, English Nature

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to CURCULIONIDAE (weevils):

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