Cionus alauda (Herbst, 1784)
(a figwort weevil)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCionus alauda (a figwort weevil)
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)
Records of Cionus alauda (a figwort weevil) :
1: Cionus alauda (a figwort weevil)
4 May 2017 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
mating pair, on Water Figwort
Image 1: Female - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - ventral view - magnified - silver background
2: Cionus alauda (a figwort weevil)
25 May 1975 OSGR: TQ21 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
on Figwort
Image 1: Dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 2: Dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 3: Lateral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 4: Lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 5: Lateral view - highly enlargedImage 6: Lateral view - highly enlarged (2)Image 7: Posterior view - highly enlargedImage 8: Rear three-quarter view - close-up - highly enlarged

Cionus alauda (a figwort weevil) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cionus alauda (a figwort weevil)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Cionus alauda (a figwort weevil)
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