Euophryum confine (Broun, 1881)
(a wood-boring weevil)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEuophryum confine (a wood-boring weevil)
SubfamilyCOSSONINAE (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 Euophryum confine (a wood-boring weevil) :
1: Euophryum confine (a wood-boring weevil)
18 May 2007 OSGR: TF61 52° 40’ N, 0° 30’ E Vice County: West Norfolk (VC 28) England
on oak trunk
Image 1: Anterior view - close-up - magnifiedImage 2: Dorsal view - close-up - magnifiedImage 3: Dorso-lateral view - close-up - magnifiedImage 4: Dorso-lateral view - close-up - magnified (2)Image 5: Dorso-lateral view - close-up - magnified (3)Image 6: Dorso-lateral view - close-up - magnified (4)Image 7: Dorso-lateral view - close-up - magnified (5)Image 8: Dorso-lateral view - close-up - magnified (6)Image 9: Dorso-lateral view - close-up - magnified (7)Image 10: Dorso-lateral view - close-up - magnified (8)Image 11: Elytra - rear three-quarter view - close-up - magnifiedImage 12: Front three-quarter view - close-up - magnifiedImage 13: Front three-quarter view - close-up - magnified (2)Image 14: Head and thorax - dorsal view - close-up - magnifiedImage 15: Head and thorax - latero-dorsal view - close-up - magnifiedImage 16: In situ - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 17: In situ - dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 18: Lateral view - close-up - magnifiedImage 19: Lateral view - close-up - magnified (2)Image 20: Lateral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 21: Latero-dorsal view - close-up - magnifiedImage 22: Rear three-quarter view - close-up - magnified
2: Euophryum confine (a wood-boring weevil) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
28 Feb 1976 OSGR: SU82 51° 0’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: West Sussex (VC 13) England
in old Beech log
Image 1: In situ - dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 2: In situ - lateral view - highly enlarged
3: Euophryum confine (a wood-boring weevil)
10 Apr 1975 OSGR: SU82 51° 0’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: West Sussex (VC 13) England
in old Beech log
Image 1: Group in situ - dorsal view - enlargedImage 2: Lateral view - highly enlargedImage 3: Lateral view - highly enlargedImage 4: Laterodorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 5: Laterodorsal view - highly enlarged
4: Euophryum confine (a wood-boring weevil)
8 Jul 1971 OSGR: TQ20 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
found indoors
Image 1: Dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 2: Dorsal view - highly enlarged (2)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Buck, F.D. 1948 Pentarthrum huttoni Woll. (Col., Curculionidae) and some imported Cossinae Ent. Mon. Mag.: 152-154.

Euophryum confine (a wood-boring weevil) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Euophryum confine (a wood-boring weevil)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Euophryum confine (a wood-boring weevil)
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