Rhopalomesites tardyi (Curtis, 1825)
(Holly Weevil)

Interactions where Rhopalomesites tardyi is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'References').

Stage		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season
		feeds on dead wood			Ilex aquifolium	Holly	Aquifoliales: Aquifoliaceae	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Rhopalomesites tardyi/	Rhopalomesites tardyi	holly weevil					Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Aquifoliales/Aquifoliaceae/Ilex aquifolium/	Ilex aquifolium	holly		dead	wood
		feeds on dead wood			Rhododendron	rhododendrons and azaleas	Ericales: Ericaceae	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Rhopalomesites tardyi/	Rhopalomesites tardyi	holly weevil					Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Rhododendron/	Rhododendron	rhododendrons and azaleas		dead	wood
		feeds on dead wood			Alnus	alders	Fagales: Betulaceae	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Rhopalomesites tardyi/	Rhopalomesites tardyi	holly weevil					Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus/	Alnus	alders		dead	wood
		feeds on dead wood			Fagus	beeches	Fagales: Fagaceae	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Rhopalomesites tardyi/	Rhopalomesites tardyi	holly weevil					Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches		dead	wood
		feeds on dead wood			Quercus	oaks	Fagales: Fagaceae	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Rhopalomesites tardyi/	Rhopalomesites tardyi	holly weevil					Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/	Quercus	oaks		dead	wood
		feeds on dead wood			Fraxinus	ashes	Lamiales: Oleaceae	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Rhopalomesites tardyi/	Rhopalomesites tardyi	holly weevil					Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/	Fraxinus	ashes		dead	wood
		feeds on dead wood			Crataegus	hawthorns	Rosales: Rosaceae	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Rhopalomesites tardyi/	Rhopalomesites tardyi	holly weevil					Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Crataegus/	Crataegus	hawthorns		dead	wood
		feeds on dead wood			Ulmus	elms	Rosales: Ulmaceae	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Rhopalomesites tardyi/	Rhopalomesites tardyi	holly weevil					Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Ulmaceae/Ulmus/	Ulmus	elms		dead	wood
		feeds on dead wood			[Broadleaved trees]	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Rhopalomesites tardyi/	Rhopalomesites tardyi	holly weevil					Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		dead	wood

Rhopalomesites tardyi (Holly Weevil) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

Rhopalomesites tardyi (Holly Weevil) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

CURCULIONIDAE
(weevils)

CURCULIONOIDEA
(weevils and allied beetles)

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Morris, M.G., 2002	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17b, 149pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Rhopalomesites tardyi (Holly Weevil)
Subfamily	COSSONINAE (a subfamily of weevils)
Family	CURCULIONIDAE (weevils)
Superfamily	CURCULIONOIDEA (weevils and allied beetles)
Series	Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
Suborder	POLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
Order	COLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Rhopalomesites tardyi is also a member of:
water beetles - water beetles (via Curculionidae)
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Rhopalomesites tardyi (Holly Weevil)

Rhopalomesites tardyi (Holly Weevil) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

COSSONINAE
(a subfamily of weevils)

CURCULIONIDAE
(weevils)

CURCULIONOIDEA
(weevils and allied beetles)

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

water beetles
(water beetles)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Rhopalomesites tardyi (Holly Weevil):

COSSONINAE
(a subfamily of weevils)

CURCULIONIDAE
(weevils)

CURCULIONOIDEA
(weevils and allied beetles)

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

PTERYGOTA
(bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

water beetles
(water beetles)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

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