Tychius meliloti Stephens, 1831
(a weevil)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTychius meliloti (a weevil)
GenusTychius (a genus 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 Tychius meliloti (a weevil) :
1: Tychius meliloti (a weevil)
1 Jul 2012 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
2 males, swept off melilot
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 2: Male - lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 3: Male - ventral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 4: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - white background

Tychius meliloti (a weevil) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tychius meliloti (a weevil)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Tychius meliloti (a weevil)
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