APIONIDAE Schönherr, 1823
(a family of seed weevils)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Apion
a genus of seed weevils
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 2 subtaxa 20 images
Aspidapion
a genus of seed weevils
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 24 images
Betulapion
a genus of seed weevils
(Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 1 images
Ceratapion
a genus of seed weevils
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 2 subtaxa 13 images
Eutrichapion
a genus of seed weevils
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 3 images
Exapion
a genus of seed weevils
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 18 images
Ischnopterapion
a genus of beetles
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 4 images
Ixapion variegatum
Mistletoe Seed Weevil
Species 2 ident. refs
Oxystoma
a genus of seed weevils
(Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 1 images
Perapion
a genus of seed weevils
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 3 subtaxa 20 images 2 ident. refs
Protapion
a genus of seed weevils
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 9 images
Protopirapion atratulum
a seed weevil
(Click to open)
 		Species 1 images
Pseudapion
a genus of seed weevils
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 3 images
Stenopterapion
a genus of beetles
(Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 4 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyAPIONIDAE (a family of seed weevils)
Division Orthoceri (primitive 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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Duff, A.G. 2016 Beetles of Britain and Ireland: Cerambycidae to Curculionidae Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Volume 4, 623pp
Gønget, H. 2001 The Brentidae (Coleoptera) of Northern Europe on CD-ROM Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 34, E. J. Brill / Scandinavian Science Press Ltd.
Hackston, M. 2015 Family Apionidae key to British genera https://sites.google.com/site/mikesinsectkeys/
Morris, M.G. 1990 Orthocerous Weevils Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5 Part 16, 108pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Schott, C. Apions de France apions.blogspot.com/p/liste-complete.html

APIONIDAE (a family of seed weevils) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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