Polydrusus impressifrons Gyllenhal, 1834
(a weevil)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPolydrusus impressifrons (a weevil)
GenusPolydrusus (a genus of leaf weevils)
TribeBrachyderini (a group of weevils)
SubfamilyENTIMINAE (a subfamily of 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 Polydrusus impressifrons (a weevil) :
1: Polydrusus impressifrons (a weevil)
26 May 2012 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
swept off Hazel
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 2: Male - head, antennae, thorax - lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 3: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 4: Elytral scales - microscope low magnification

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Cole, J.F.H. & Storey, M.W. 2014 Polydrusus impressifrons Gyllenhal, 1834 (Curculionidae, Entiminae) new to Britain The Coleopterist Vol 23 (1): 1-3.

Polydrusus impressifrons (a weevil) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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