Apion rubiginosum Grill, 1893
(a seed weevil)

Interactions where Apion rubiginosum is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction 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
larva larva causes gall of root Rumex docks Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Apion rubiginosum/Apion rubiginosuma seed weevillarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex/Rumexdocksroot
larva larva causes gall of stem Minor Rumex docks Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Apion rubiginosum/Apion rubiginosuma seed weevillarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex/RumexdocksstemMinor
larva larva causes gall of root Rumex acetosella Sheep’s Sorrel Caryophyllales: Polygonaceae Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Apion rubiginosum/Apion rubiginosuma seed weevillarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Polygonaceae/Rumex acetosella/Rumex acetosellasheep's sorrelroot

Author & YearTitleSource
Morris, M.G., 1990Orthocerous WeevilsHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5 Part 16, 108pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

Apion rubiginosum (a seed weevil) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Apion rubiginosum (a seed weevil) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesApion rubiginosum (a seed weevil)
GenusApion (a genus of seed weevils)
FamilyAPIONIDAE (a family of seed weevils)
Division Orthoceri (primitive 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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Apion rubiginosum (a seed weevil)

Apion rubiginosum (a seed weevil) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Apion rubiginosum (a seed weevil):

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