Sitona cylindricollis Fåhraeus, 1840
(a weevil)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSitona cylindricollis (a weevil)
GenusSitona (a genus of weevils)
TribeSitonini (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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Phillips, C.B. & Barratt, B.I.P. 2004 A guide to assist detection of newly arrived Sitona species (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in New Zealand and Australia Phillips, C.B. & Barratt, B.I.P., 2004. A guide to assist detection of newly arrived Sitona species (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in New Zealand and Australia, 12pp, Proceedings of the 8th Australasian Grassland Invertebrate Ecology Conference

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Sitona cylindricollis (a weevil)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Sitona cylindricollis (a weevil)
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