Cionus Clairville, 1798
(figwort and mullein weevils)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Cionus alauda
a figwort weevil
Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Male (Click to open)Male (Click to open)
 		Species 16 images
Cionus hortulanus
a figwort weevil
(Click to open)
 		Species 5 images
Cionus scrophulariae
Figwort Weevil
Male (Click to open)Male (Click to open)Male (Click to open)
 		Species 30 images 1 ident. refs
Cionus tuberculosus
a figwort weevil
Species 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusCionus (figwort and mullein weevils)
SubfamilyCIONINAE (figwort and mullein 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)

Cionus (figwort and mullein weevils) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cionus (figwort and mullein weevils)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 30 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Cionus (figwort and mullein weevils)
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