Stenocarus ruficornis (Stephens, 1831)
(a weevil)

Interactions where Stenocarus ruficornis is the dominant partner and gains from the process

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

Stage 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
larva (early) larva (early) mines live leaf UK/Ireland Papaver poppies Ranunculales: Papaveraceae A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Stenocarus ruficornis/Stenocarus ruficornisa weevillarva (early) Foodplant / minerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Papaveraceae/Papaver/Papaverpoppiesliveleaf (early summer)
larva (later) larva (later) feeds within live rootstock UK/Ireland Papaver poppies Ranunculales: Papaveraceae A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Stenocarus ruficornis/Stenocarus ruficornisa weevillarva (later) Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Papaveraceae/Papaver/Papaverpoppiesliverootstock (early summer)
larva larva feeds on Papaver rhoeas Common Poppy, Flanders Poppy Ranunculales: Papaveraceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Stenocarus ruficornis/Stenocarus ruficornisa weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Papaveraceae/Papaver rhoeas/Papaver rhoeascommon poppy, Flanders poppy
larva larva feeds on Papaver somniferum Opium Poppy Ranunculales: Papaveraceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Stenocarus ruficornis/Stenocarus ruficornisa weevillarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Papaveraceae/Papaver somniferum/Papaver somniferumopium poppy

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Robbins, R., 1990A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the MidlandsBenchmark Atlas Series, 1991? edition, 181pp, Warwickshire Museum Service

Stenocarus ruficornis (a weevil) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Stenocarus ruficornis (a weevil) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesStenocarus ruficornis (a weevil)
SubfamilyCEUTORHYNCHINAE (a subfamily of true 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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Stenocarus ruficornis (a weevil)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Stenocarus ruficornis (a weevil):

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